Transport & Connectivity
Air
Pune International Airport is an international airport at Lohegaon, operated by the
Airports Authority of India. It shares its runways with the neighboring Indian Air
Force base. In addition to domestic flights to all major Indian cities, this airport
serves international direct flights to Dubai (operated by Air India Express) and
to Frankfurt (operated by Lufthansa).
Rail
Local trains (EMUs) connect Pune to the industrial town of Pimpri-Chinchwad and the
hill station of Lonavala, while daily express trains connect Pune to Mumbai, Howrah,
Delhi, Jammutawi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Goa, Varanasi, and Jamshedpur.
The city has the central railway station, Pune Junction Railway Station. The station
is administrated by the Pune Railway Division of the Central Railways.
All the railway lines to Pune are broad gauge.
Road
Both public and private transport are popular in Pune. Public buses within the city
and its suburbs are operated by the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML). The PMPML
operates the Pune Bus Rapid Transit system, the first of its kind in India, in which dedicated bus
lanes allow buses to travel quickly through the city. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation
runs buses from its main stations in Shivajinagar, Pune station and Swargate to all major cities
and towns in Maharashtra and neighbouring states. Private companies too run buses to major cities
throughout India.
Pune is well-connected to other cities by Indian highways and state highways. National Highway 4 (NH 4)
connects it to Mumbai, Bangalore, Sangli and Kolhapur. NH 9 to Solapur and Hyderabad, and NH 50 to
Nashik. State highways connect it to Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, and Alandi. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway,
India's first six-lane high-speed expressway, was built in 2002, and has reduced travel time between
Pune and Mumbai to almost two hour. Pune is served by two intra-city highways: Old Pune-Mumbai
Highway and Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass, a part of National Highway 4. The Nashik City-Pune Highway
NH 50 will be part of the golden triangle(Nashik-Pune-Mumbai).
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