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Pune Metro's CBTC Signalling (Lines 1 & 2)

Maha Metro equipped Pune Metro's Purple (Line 1) and Aqua (Line 2) lines with Alstom's Urbalis 400 communication-based train control (CBTC) system, contracted in 2019 to control 31 trains across a 32km network. The Aqua Line's first CBTC-signalled section (Vanaz-Garware College) opened 6 March 2022, extended to Ruby Hall Clinic in August 2023 and to Ramwadi in March 2024; the Purple Line's final section (District Court-Swargate) opened 29 September 2024, completing CBTC coverage across both lines. Trains run under Automatic Train Protection/Automatic Train Operation with a driver aboard for door operation and monitoring — this is supervised (GoA2) automation, not unattended operation.

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🎓 Lesson

CBTC signalling and unattended train operation are not the same commitment — Pune's system delivers tighter, safer headways under a supervising driver, not the driverless capability CBTC theoretically enables.

Scale🏙️ City-wide

📖 Terms in this entry: Adaptive traffic signals · Bus rapid transit (BRT) · CBTC (communications-based train control)

Sources

↗ Rail Journal — Alstom awarded Mumbai and Pune metro CBTC contracts2019 contract award: Urbalis 400 CBTC for Pune Metro lines 1 & 2, 31 trains, 32km network.

↗ Metro Rail News — Pune Metro installs CBTCConfirms CBTC deployment and describes ATP/ATO functions with driver-operated doors — supervised automation, not unattended.

↗ Wikipedia — Aqua Line (Pune Metro), cross-checked against pressPhased opening dates (6 Mar 2022 / 1 Aug 2023 / 6 Mar 2024) used to date CBTC-signalled sections; treated as a secondary date-check alongside the primary rail-trade sources, not the sole source for any factual claim.

This overview was generated with AI from the public sources listed above and checked against them before publication. It has not had a complete human fact-check — treat it as a starting point and follow the sources.

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🇮🇳 Chennai Metro Phase II Driverless (GoA4) Signalling · Chennai Both are Indian CBTC rollouts, but Pune settled for supervised GoA2 while Chennai is still chasing unattended GoA4, still unopened. 🇮🇳 PMPML's All-Green Bus Fleet & Command Control Centre · Pune Different Pune agencies, same logic: Maha Metro's CBTC trains and PMPML's GPS-tracked electric buses both feed a command room. 🇮🇳 Delhi Metro's Driverless Lines: Magenta & Pink · New Delhi Delhi actually went unattended on one line after years of supervised running; Pune's CBTC has stayed supervised GoA2 since 2022. 🇮🇳 Green Line CBTC Signalling & Automatic Train Operation (Kolkata Metro) · Kolkata Another Indian CBTC rollout — Pune's Aqua Line got its first signalled section running years before Kolkata's Green Line CBTC trial began.

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📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Pune Metro's CBTC Signalling (Lines 1 & 2)” — Pune, India. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/pune-metro-cbtc-signaling/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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