The Pune railway station is soon to wear a new look. The work for the renovation of waiting room, main building, platforms and entrance gate is heading to the completion. The reports say that one more entrance gate is to be added to the existing one keeping in view constantly growing number of passengers.
Pune railway station is popularly known as Pune station. Built in 1925, the building is classified as a heritage structure. It was granted ‘model railwaystation’ status about 11 years ago and it handles about 94 mail and express, 28 passenger and 40 local trains every day. More than one lakh passengers (0.1 million) passengers come here or go form here. Pune-Mumbai railway network was the earliest networks in the country so it is not surprising that the Pune point was developed simultaneously with the establishment of Victoria Terminus (Mumbai). It was also due to the city’s importance from the military point of view.
However, it was in 1915 that the first design of the existing main building was created by architect P. Wilson and the project was implemented by British officers Colonel Kennedy and James Barkley. On July 27, 1925, the main building was inaugurated by the then Mumbai governor Sir Lesley Wilson and a special train was operated from Mumbai to Pune to mark the occasion. The station has since grown in operation to handle the existing number of trains and the high number of passengers. Electrification of the railway line in Pune was completed in 1929 and in the subsequent year, yet another Raj-era contribution came in the form of the Deccan Express.
The renovation of this building is being done after too many years. Some work was done at the occiasion of Commonwealth Youth Games. Central government has decided to develop this station into a world class station.
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