PMC to Provide Eight Parking Spaces for Hinjawadi–Shivajinagar Pune Metro Line 3

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will hand over eight amenity spaces to support the upcoming Metro Line 3 from Hinjawadi to Shivajinagar. Officials confirmed on Wednesday that 13,051 sq m of land has been allotted for the parking sites, while two additional spaces will be developed in the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) area.

The move follows a request made by PMRDA last year for parking near the new route. After conducting a survey, PMC identified amenity plots close to Metro Line 3 stations. Three of these are in Balewadi, located near Balewadi Stadium–Food Hub station (300 metres), NICMAR–Amar Tech Park station (250 metres), and Ramnagar opposite K Square Living (400 metres).

Dinkar Gojare, head of PMC’s project department, said, “In total, PMC will provide eight plots for Metro parking. The estate and management department is finalising the list and will transfer the land to PMRDA after commissioner’s approval.”

Currently, parking land has been secured at only three of the 23 Metro Line 3 stations, Maan, Balewadi, and Shivajinagar. With PMC’s latest allocation, parking will now be available at seven more stations, including Balewadi Stadium, NICMAR, Ramnagar, Laxmi Nagar, Balewadi Phata, Baner Gaon, and Baner.

Out of the eight identified spaces, five are in Balewadi and three in Baner, all located within 100 to 400 metres of the respective stations.

Pune Metro Line 3 is a 23-km corridor being developed by Tata Group’s Trill Urban Transport Pvt Ltd (TUTPL) and Siemens. So far, about 45% of the work has been completed. However, delays in land acquisition have pushed the project’s expected completion to March 2025.

To address parking shortages across the city’s Metro network, PMC has also recently decided to provide 20 parking spaces for Metro Lines 1 and 2.