India, May 14 -- In a major restructuring of its fare system, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has revised its ticket pricing, aligning it with kilometre-based stages to simplify operations, fare calculation, and integration with e-ticketing and mobility card systems. The decision was approved by PMPML's board of directors on Tuesday, in line with a directive from the Maharashtra government and will be implemented from Wednesday.

Under the new structure, there will now be 11 fare stages - six stages for distances from 1 to 30 km (in 5 km intervals), and five stages from 30 to 80 km (in 10 km intervals). This replaces the earlier 40-stage system based on 2 km intervals.

PMPML operates city and regional bus services acr...