Metro sets rate of tickets at Rs 10 for first 5km

As MahaMetro engages in development across the town, folks have been curious for a while about how a lot they are going to need to shell out for a Metro journey. After contemplating for lengthy, the Metro authorities have made up our minds to mend the price tag fare roughly at Rs10 for a adventure of as much as 5 km.

The officers involved also feel that the Metro fare will likely be as inexpensive because the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited's (PMPML's) products and services but with higher proximity, products and services and luxury. While the PMPML fare begins at Rs 5 and can go as much as Rs 60, the metro fare is anticipated to be fastened at a range between Rs 10 and Rs 40.

Atul Gadgil, government director, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation, mentioned, "There is a special committee that decides on how much the ticket price for a particular distance will be. The fare fixation committee, which decides the price of tickets, is looking to fix the fare for a distance of about 0-5 km at Rs 10."

"We are of the conviction that our charges will likely be lesser than the PMPML's air-conditioned buses that have been procured in recent times. Although MahaMetro is answerable for Pune as well as Nagpur Metro, the charges for the two cities will likely be different taking into consideration quite a lot of factors."

Nayana Gunde, the chairman and managing director of PMPML, alternatively, sees no hurt within the competitive Metro charges and believes that the folk the usage of PMPML will continue to do so as this had become a convenient dependancy with bus stops more simply obtainable than Metro stations.

Along with Metro, Punekars can also be taking advantage of the extra provider of feeder buses, which will select up and drop passengers inside of a 2-km radius of Metro stations, thus easing short-distance go back and forth for customers. Metro officers imagine that without this bus provider, the Metro initiative may just become a whole failure within the town, owing to the inconvenience of travelling from one's home to the station.