Most people who live along Sinhagad Road work somewhere else: in the old city, in the IT parks at Hinjewadi and Kharadi, or in the offices of Baner, Hadapsar and Magarpatta. This guide sets out how each of those places is reached from the corridor, by road and by public transport, as things stood in November 2026. It quotes journey times only where a published source gives them between two named stations. Times from a particular home depend on the building and the hour, and are best tested in person.
Two roads do most of the work
Sinhagad Road itself is the way into the city. At Rajaram Bridge chowk, traffic either crosses the Mutha by Rajaram Bridge or carries on towards Swargate. Since 1 September 2025 the flyover over its busiest junctions has been open along its full length, after three phases of construction costing about ₹118 crore in total.
The second spine is the Mumbai to Bengaluru highway bypass, which skirts the western edge of the city from Katraj to Dehu Road. For Baner and Hinjewadi it is the obvious route, and its pinch points are well known. In January 2026 Swarajya reported a National Highways Authority of India plan for the bottlenecks at Navale Bridge, Warje, Chandani Chowk and Wakad, with service roads, wider carriageways, a second bridge at Warje and a foot overbridge at Chandani Chowk. Two new four-lane bridges over the Mutha at Warje, costing ₹52.68 crore, were due to open in March and June 2026, according to a Free Press Journal report that February. Further north, the Chandani Chowk interchange has been open since Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated it on 12 August 2023.
A third link is still being built. The Suncity to Karvenagar bridge, 279 metres long and costing ₹44.86 crore according to The Bridge Chronicle in February 2026, will connect Sinhagad Road with Karve Nagar across the river. The same paper reported in October 2026 that it was expected to open in January 2027.
Hub by hub
| Destination | Main road | Public transport, November 2026 | Planned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinjewadi | The highway bypass north through Warje, Chandani Chowk and Wakad | Bus or car to Swargate, metro Line 1 to District Court, then Line 3 to the Hinjewadi stations | The remaining Line 3 stations by January 2027 |
| Baner and Balewadi | The highway bypass north through Chandani Chowk | Line 3 runs through both, but their four stations were not open at the 4 November launch | Balewadi stations expected in November 2026; Baner’s in December 2026 or January 2027, as reports differ |
| City centre | Sinhagad Road and the flyover to Rajaram Bridge and Swargate | Line 1 from Swargate; PMPML buses along Sinhagad Road | Line 4 along Sinhagad Road |
| Hadapsar and Magarpatta | Through Swargate to Solapur Road and Magarpatta Road | PMPML buses by way of Swargate | Line 4 through Hadapsar, with an interchange at Hadapsar railway station |
| Kharadi | Through Swargate and Hadapsar | Line 1 to District Court, Line 2 to its Ramwadi terminus, then by road | Line 4 to Kharadi, meeting Line 2 at Kharadi Bypass |
The eastern road routes follow the same line that planners chose for Line 4, which the Free Press Journal reported in November 2025 would run along Sinhagad Road, Solapur Road and Magarpatta Road. Until that line exists, the metro offers no single ride east from the corridor.
Public transport, line by line
Metro from Swargate
The usual way onto the metro from the corridor is Swargate, the southern end of Line 1, where several Sinhagad Road bus routes run. The underground section from District Court to Swargate opened on 29 September 2024, and the Free Press Journal put the ride from Pimpri Chinchwad to Swargate at about 34 minutes for ₹35 at the time.
Line 3, from Maan in Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar, began carrying passengers on 4 November 2026 with 17 of its 23 stations open. According to the Free Press Journal’s guide published the day before, trains run every five and a half minutes at peak and every ten minutes off peak, the ride from Maan to District Court takes about 40 to 45 minutes, and that full journey costs ₹62. At District Court a foot overbridge of about 150 metres links Line 3 with Lines 1 and 2, and for now each line needs its own ticket. The last train leaves Maan at 10.30 pm and District Court at 11.40 pm.
Buses
PMPML runs several routes along Sinhagad Road towards Swargate. Pune Now reported in June 2024 that route 17, Narhegaon to Swargate, had been extended to the Civil Court metro station with nine buses at 20-minute intervals, and that route 118, Swargate to Nandedgaon by way of Anand Nagar and Nanded Phata, had one bus every two hours. Routes and frequencies change often, so check the PMPML app before relying on any of them. We found no reported direct bus from Sinhagad Road to Hinjewadi or Kharadi.
What is coming
The Union Cabinet approved metro Line 4 and its spur, Line 4A, on 26 November 2025: Kharadi to Khadakwasla by way of Hadapsar and Swargate, and Nal Stop to Manik Baug by way of Warje. Together they cover 31.636 km with 28 elevated stations, at an estimated ₹9,857.85 crore, and were to be finished within five years. Contractor selection for the Sinhagad Road section started in June 2026, with building work then estimated at roughly three and a half years once the work order is issued. No station list has been published. Longer-range road plans are covered in the ring road article.
Testing your own commute
- Make the trip at your real hour, on a working day, in both directions.
- For Hinjewadi, compare the bypass by car with the metro by way of Swargate and District Court, and count the walking and ticketing at the interchange.
- Check the last mile at both ends. At the Line 3 launch the Free Press Journal noted limited parking at stations and feeder buses not yet fully announced.
- Build in slack for works. Line 4 has still to be built along Sinhagad Road and several bridge projects are unfinished, so expect works on these routes for some time.
- Plan for the household, not one person. A second job or a school run can change which route matters most.
Because Codename Vybe’s exact site is shared only on enquiry, this guide stops at the corridor. The location page covers the area, and the guide to the two Vadgaons explains how addresses here are described.
To time these routes from the site itself, ask us for its location.
