Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) is the public transport bus service provider for the Pune Metropolitan Region.

It operates 381 routes around the Pune Metropolitan Region including 51 Rainbow BRT routes that partially ply on the 4 bus rapid transit corridors. As of mid-2022, PMPML has become the only fleet in the country to operate exclusively on green fuel, utilizing CNG and electric buses. Since 2019, PMPML has been running both 9-meter and 12-meter electric AC buses at the same fare as regular buses. It is the only fleet in the country that operates approximately 400 electric buses daily, providing essential infrastructure and contributing to a reliable public transport service.

History

Early history Pune Nagarpalika, the predecessor of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), conceived the idea of a public transport system for the city in the 1940s which materialized when the Regional Transport Office gave its nod for M/s. Silver Jubilee Motors to take up the charge. The service that began with 4 routes with 20 buses already had increased to 46 buses by 1948.

PMT and PCMT After the transformation of Pune Nagarpalika into PMC in 1950, the civic body took over the service. Pune Municipal Transport (PMT), as it was named after the takeover, started with a fleet of 57 buses that plied on 14 routes.

The public transport provider for the industrial city, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Transport (PCMT), was founded on 4 March 1974 with a fleet of 8 buses plying between Pimpri and Bhosari. PCMT saw rapid expansion and already by 1988, it had a fleet of 101 buses plying on 13 routes.

Merger A proposal for merger of PMT and PCMT into a unified company to serve the larger metropolitan regions was proposed as early as 1992, when the general body of the PMC passed a resolution supporting such merger. However, the PCMC only considered a merger in 2003. The merger was formally announced in April 2007 and PMPML as it exists today came into being on 19 October 2007.

Operations

PMPML has a fleet of 2000 buses maintained at 9 CNG bus depots and 4 electric bus depots, which ferry around 900,000 passengers every day. There is no diesel bus running in the fleet. 12-meter electric buses are deployed on all major routes at high frequency. 9-meter CNG buses travel numerous roads, including city centers, and also provide transport to students of PMC schools. Distant towns like Lonavala, Mulshi, Panshet, Sarola, Nira, Patas, Shirur, Rajgurunagar, etc. are becoming part of the service. PMPML also provides a special electric bus service to Infosys employees commuting from Pune city and Pimpri-Chinchwad to the Hinjawadi IT hub and back.

PMPML acquired the first lot of 25 electric buses in February 2019 and the second lot of 50 electric buses in August 2019. As of August 2022, the fleet size of electric buses is 395. PMPML also plans to acquire 1000 such electric buses by the end of 2023.

Services

PMPML operates regular scheduled services daily between 5:30 am and midnight on 371 routes. The frequencies on individual routes vary greatly according to demand. Certain long-distance routes are serviced only a few times per day. Some of these routes are partially or fully run on the BRT corridors under the brand name Rainbow BRTS.

PMPML also operates night buses after midnight on 7 routes. On the occasion of International Women's Day 2018, PMPML launched 'Tejaswini' (Marathi: तेजस्विनी; radiant) bus services exclusively for women which were well received by women commuters. There 218 daily Tejaswini services during the morning and afternoon peak hours on eight of the busiest routes. PMPML also runs special services for tourists under the name 'Pune Darshan' as well as airport services from Rajiv Gandhi IT Park, Hinjawadi to Pune Airport. +Name of the ServiceDescriptionManufacturerGalleryCNG (Green)It is a non-AC CNG-led bus service with a green livery for Tata Marcopolo and Ashok Leyland JanBus models.. Tata Marcopolo Ashok Leyland JanBus CNG (Blue)It is a non-AC CNG-led bus service with a blue livery for the old Tata Marcopolo and Ashok Leyland JanBus models Tata Marcopolo Ashok Leyland JanBus Electric (white)It is an electric-led bus service with a white livery for the Olectra K9D and K7D models Olectra K9D Olectra K7D

Bus Routes

The following is a list of Bus Routes operated by PMPML in the vicinity of Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and outer rural areas near Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad i.e. PMRDA, as of September 6th, 2026.