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{{short description|Pune Metro's Purple Line metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Mahatma Phule Mandai
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| type = {{Pune Metro Infobox station line|line = Purple}}
| style = Pune Metro
| image = Side view of Mandai metro station illuminated.jpg
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| address = [[Shukrawar Peth, Pune]], Maharashtra 411002
| borough =
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| coordinates = {{coord|18.51302|73.85689|format=dms|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited]] (MAHA-METRO)
| operator = [[Pune Metro]]
| line = {{rcb|Pune Metro|Purple|croute}}
| distance =
| platforms = [[Island platform]] Platform-1 → [[Swargate metro station|Swargate]] Platform-2 → [[PCMC Bhavan metro station|PCMC Bhavan]]
| tracks = 2
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| structure = Underground, [[Double-track railway|Double track]]
| levels = 2
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| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| code = MNA
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| opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2024|09|29}}
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| electrified = {{25 kV 50 Hz}} [[Overhead line|overhead catenary]]
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Pune Metro|line=Purple|left1=Kasba Peth|to-left1=PCMC Bhavan|right=Swargate|to-right1=Swargate}}
| route_map = {{Pune Metro Purple Line Route}}
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| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Pune Metro|Purple}}
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'''Mahatma Phule Mandai''' (until Dec. 2025 just '''Mandai''') is an underground metro station on the north–south corridor of the [[Purple Line (Pune Metro)|Purple Line]] of [[Pune Metro]] in [[Pune]], India. The station was opened on 29 September 2024 as the final extension of Pune Metro Phase I.<ref>{{Cite news |title=PM to inaugurate Pune Metro section of District Court to Swargate|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2059884|date=2024-09-28 |access-date=2024-09-29 |work=pib.gov.in}}</ref> It was originally named after the towns district Mandai, which is surrounding it.

As per the initial plan, Mahatma Phule Mandai station is the longest among other Pune Metro stations spanning 248m long.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-07-07 |title=The long and short of underground Metro |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/the-long-and-short-of-underground-metro/articleshow/64890423.cms |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The work on this station began after the commercial establishments which encroached the area were cleared by the [[Pune Municipal Corporation]] from the allocated space for construction.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dastane |first=Sarang |date=2020-03-02 |title=100 vendors sell wares amid Mandai metro station work |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/100-vendors-sell-wares-amid-mandai-metro-station-work/articleshow/74431402.cms |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gadkari |first=Siddharth |date=29 May 2021 |title=Mandai metro station work to begin after PMC clears encroachments |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/mandai-metro-station-work-to-begin-after-pmc-clears-encroachments-101622307092234.html |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Two parallel tunnels being dug from [[Swargate metro station]] reached here in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dastane |first=Sarang |date=23 December 2021 |title=Tunnelling And Station Work For Metro In Mandai Gain Speed |url=https://timesproperty.com/article/post/tunnelling-and-station-work-for-metro-in-mandai-gain-speed-blid1423 |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=timesproperty.com}}</ref> In June 2022, Maha-Metro had placed iron decking on a patch of a road near the site to continue the subway excavation work without affecting the traffic movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hindocha |first=Jigar |date=20 June 2022 |title=Maha-Metro places iron decking near Mandai underground metro station |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/mahametro-places-iron-decking-near-mandai-underground-metro-station-101655663797628.html |archive-url= |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> After the inauguration of the metro services at this station, the PMC undertook a {{Indian rupee|1.25}} crore plan to improve the surrounding area of Mandai.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Urunkar |first=Salil |date=2024-10-15 |title=Mahatma Phule Mandai to Get Rs. 1.25 Crore Makeover Following Metro Inauguration |url=https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/news/mahatma-phule-mandai-to-get-rs-125-crore-makeover-following-metro-inauguration |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=The Bridge Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

A fire had broken out at the metro station around midnight on 21 October 2024. It was caused due to the insulating foam material in the air-conditioning ducts which caught the sparks from the ongoing welding work. No injuries were reported due this incident and the train operations resumed at the scheduled time of 6am later in the day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-21 |title=Welding sparks set off fire at Pune’s Mandai Metro station; no one injured |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/fire-breaks-out-at-punes-mandai-metro-station-due-to-welding-sparks/articleshow/114434964.cms |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

In December 2025, the station was renamed into Mahatma Phule Mandai to honour the well-known [[social reformer]] [[Jyotirao Phule]], which lived nearby.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pune: Mali Mahasangha Stages Protest Demanding Mandai Metro Station Be Named After Mahatma Phule |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-mali-mahasangha-stages-protest-demanding-mandai-metro-station-be-named-after-mahatma-phule |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mypunepulse.com/pune-metro-renames-three-stations-after-citizen-campaign-mandai-now-honours-mahatma-phule/ |title=Pune Metro Renames Three Stations After Citizen Campaign; Mandai Now Honours Mahatma Phule |date=2025-12-22 |work=Pune Pulse |access-date=2026-03-19}}</ref>

==Station layout==
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Mahatma Phule Mandai track layout
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Pune Metro|Purple}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = HSTg\HSTf
PSTR(L)\PSTR(R) ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Pune Metro|Kasba Peth}}
*'''P2'''\PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\*'''P1'''
PSTR(L)\PSTR(R) ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Pune Metro|Swargate}}
HSTg\HSTf
| bottom = <div style="width:23.5em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and one Island platform</div>
}}}}
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=510 valign=top|Exit/ Entrance
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|'''Platform 1''' '''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=510|Towards → [[Swargate metro station|Swargate]] '''Next Station:''' [[Swargate metro station|Swargate]]
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]] | Doors will open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Platform 2''' '''Westbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="510" |Towards ← [[PCMC Bhavan metro station|PCMC Bhavan]] '''Next Station:''' [[Kasba Peth metro station|Kasba Peth]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Pune]]
* [[Maharashtra]]
* [[Urban rail transit in India#Rapid transit|Rapid Transit in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://www.punemetrorail.org/station/mandai/}}

{{Pune Metro}}

[[Category:Pune Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2024]]

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Veronairy at 16:39, 19 March 2026