Pune: Metro Services to Begin at 3.40am on Sunday for National Unity Run, Soldierathon
Pune, 14th November 2026: Metro services across all three corridors in the city will start at 3.40am on Sunday (Nov 15) to facilitate participants travelling to the National Unity Run and Soldierathon. Trains will operate at intervals of 10 to 20 minutes during the early morning hours, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) and Pune IT City Metro have announced.
On the Pune Metro network, the first trains will depart at 3.40am from all four terminal stations — Ramwadi, Vanaz, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Swargate. On the Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro corridor (Line 3), the first services towards Shivajinagar will be available from Maan and RK Laxman Museum-Balewadi stations at the same time.
Between 3.40am and 6am, trains on all three corridors will run at intervals of 20 minutes. MahaMetro has also planned additional services from the District Court interchange station to facilitate commuters travelling from other corridors.
Services from District Court towards Vanaz and Pimpri-Chinchwad will operate every 10 minutes. The arrangement is aimed at helping participants in the National Unity Run reach Tilak Chowk via the Vanaz corridor, while those taking part in the Soldierathon can travel to the College of Military Engineering (CME) in Dapodi via the Pimpri-Chinchwad corridor.
Metro officials said the additional services would help participants reach their respective event venues on time.
