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Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal

Limited
Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML, lit. Pune Metropolitan
Pune Mahanagar
Transport Corporation), is the public transport service provider for the city of Pune
Parivahan Mahamandal
and Pune Metropolitan region, which includes areas surrounding Pune and Pimpri-
Limited
Chinchwad.

Contents
1 Operational history
2 Fare
3 Depots
4 Notes
5 References Overview
6 See also Locale Pune and Pimpri-
Chinchwad
Transit type Bus
Operational history Number of 345
PMPML was created following a merger between the Pune Municipal Transport lines
(PMT) and Pimpri-Chichwad Municipal Transport (PCMT). Formerly, PMT was Chief Tukaram Mundhe
responsible for public bus operations in the Pune city limits and PCMT ran buses in executive
the neighboring city of Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune Metropolitan Area. Headquarters Pune Mahanagar
Parivahan
In February 2008, the Union urban development ministry cleared a proposal to
Mahamandal Ltd,
provide funds for purchasing 650 public transport buses for Pune and Pimpri-
Shankar Shet Road,
Chinchwad. The funds have been issued under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Swargate, Pune
Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Of the total, 200 were supposed to be semi-low floor
buses. The number of buses sanctioned for Pune is 500, while that for Pimpri- Operation
Chinchwad is 150. Began 19 October 2007
operation
At present, the PMPML has a fleet of 1600 buses, transporting about 80 thousand
commuters daily. The organisation runs buses in routes across the Pune metropolitan
Operator(s) Pune Mahanagar
limits, and has 11 bus depots and 20 major bus stations. PMPML has a staff of
Palika
8610.[1]
Pimpri-Chinchwad
Municipal
Corporation
Fare
Bus fares are charged on the basis of distance traveled. The fare varies as per the locale and is subject to increments by the
organisation. There are separate subsidised fare for children (3 to 12 years of age) and Senior Citizens (more than 60 years of age).
No ticket is required for children under 2 years of age.Passes are offered on weekly and monthly basis, including a Monthly Pass for
regular commuters, a Student Pass (50% discount on the usual fare) and a Senior Citizen Pass.

Depots
A PMPML ticket box
An old PMT era bus with PMPML
spotted in Pune university on route
PMPML currently has 11 operational bus depots.[2] 25

Sr. Depot name


1 Swargate
2 Narveer Tanaji Wadi
3 Kothrud
4 Katraj
5 Hadapsar
6 Marketyard
A PMPML bus at Nigdi Depot
7 Pune Railway Station
8 Nigdi
9 Pimpri
10 Bhosari
11 Wagholi

Notes
1. PMPML. "PMPML - Fact Sheet" (https://www.webcitation.org/6HkvDHF
HY). PMPML. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013
. Retrieved
A PMPML Volvo at Swargate Bus
30 June 2013.
Station.
2. PMPML. "PMPML - Depots and Stands"(https://www.webcitation.org/6H
kv2Ev20). PMPML. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013
.
Retrieved 30 June 2013.

References
An Analysis of Economic Profitability of Municipal Transport Undertakings in India
The urban travel behavior and constraints of low income households and females in Pune, India. If PMT wants to
improve its services in Pune, they must first learn from BEST (Mumbai's Bus Service) and train and motivate their
conductors and drivers of PMT!

See also
BEST Bus
MSRTC
Rainbow BRTS
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