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

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Pune Metro's Alstom CBTC signalling took five years and four phased openings (2022-2024) to cover both lines — and even now a driver still rides every train, well short of the driverless claims some coverage implies.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing

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Run byMaharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro), with Alstom as signalling contractor

Scale🏙️ City-wide

Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ 7 more in Pune · 🚌 Public transport guide · 🚲 Mobility projects

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.

Live 📅 since 2022

🎓 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.

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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.

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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.

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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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