Pune Metro creates parking facilities at 8 metro stations; Check details here
Pune Metro creates parking facilities at 8 metro stations; Check details here
Parking spaces have been made available at 8 metro stations namely PCMC Station, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Phugewadi, Bopodi, Shivajinagar, Civil Court, Swargate, Ideal Colony, and Mangalwar Peth/RTO, comprising of two-wheeler and four-wheeler parking spaces.
Pune Metro has appointed an agency to oversee the management and operational aspects of the parking facilities on a day-to-day basis. The parking space will be open to the public very soon.
As per further information shared by Pune Metro, the details about the parking spaces are as below:
| Sr. No. | Details of the Parking Spaces | Area sq.m | Estimated Parking Capacity Nos. |
| 1 | PCMC Station | 1,500 | 4 wheeler – 30, 2 Wheeler – 60 |
| 2 | Sant Tukaram Nagar | 4,000 | 4 wheeler -60, 2 Wheeler- 78 Cycle- 42 |
| 3 | Phugewadi | 530 | 2 Wheeler- 27 |
| 4 | Bopodi | 200 | 2 Wheeler- 98 |
| 5 | Shivaji Nagar | 680 | 4 Wheeler- 20, 2 Wheeler- 110 Cycle – 112 |
| 6 | Civil Court | 880 | 4 Wheeler- 51, 2 Wheeler – 122 |
| 7 | Mangalwar Peth/ RTO | 370 | 2 Wheeler – 73 |
| 8 | Ideal Colony | 400 | 2 Wheeler – 50 |
All parking spaces have been equipped with boom barriers, concrete flooring, lighting, CCTV camera, etc. Additionally, facilities such as app-enabled parking booking and parking occupancy display information boards are also provided. The parking facility will be available during metro operational hours.
The parking rates are affordable and are mentioned below of the parking are as follows
| Particulars | Cycle | Motorised 2 Wheelers | 4 Wheelers | Buses/LCV (Non-operational hours) |
| Upto 2 hours in INR | 2 | 15 | 35 | 50 |
| 2-6 hours in INR | 5 | 30 | 50 | 70 |
| More than 6 hours in INR | 10 | 60 | 80 | 100 |
The above parking charges are including the GST amount. There will be discount of 25% on the Parking Charges to the users holding a valid metro ticket issued on the same day by Pune Metro for the services on Line-1 (Purple Line) & Line-2 (Aqua line) with the originating/terminating station being the metro station at which the particular Parking Space is located. Along with hourly parking charges there is also facility available for monthly subscription passes provided that the user is holding a valid metro travel pass for the subscription period. Those commuters who want to keep helmet at the parking space, there is a nominal Helmet charges fixed INR 5 for 24 hours.
On this occasion, Maha Metro officials said that the parking places at Eight stations will benefit metro passengers to park their vehicles.
Shreyas Vange
