Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) officials, led by Managing Director Shri NVS Reddy, conducted a detailed 14-kilometre walk to finalise the alignment of the Airport Metro and the potential locations of stations. The inspection covered the stretch from Nagole to Chandrayangutta, marking a significant step in the development of this crucial infrastructure.
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With a view to providing a single point nodal agency to coordinate with the various government, semi-government, and private agencies and for facilitating the implementation of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project, the Government had established a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in the form of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited as its fully owned undertaking. It is handling the largest metro project in the world in public-private partnership (PPP) mode implemented on DBFOT (Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer) basis. It covered a distance of about 69 km in the first phase, and is now the second largest metro network in our country, after Delhi Metro.
Three Corridors:
- Corridor-I (Red Line): Miyapur to LB Nagar (29 kms; 27 stations)
- Corridor-II (Green Line): JBS to MGBS (11.2 kms; 10 stations)
- Corridor-III (Blue Line): Nagole to Raidurg (29 kms; 23 stations)
Highlights of Hyderabad Metro Rail:
- Stations at approximately every kilometre.
- Connects major offices, retail and residential areas – The two tracks (up and down lines) pass through the arterial roads of the city.
- Connects major bus stations at Miyapur, MGBS, Koti, Dilsukhnagar, Charminar and Jubilee Bus Station.
- Integration with all the main rail terminals of the city at Secunderabad, Begumpet and Nampally.
- Link to MMTS services at Bharatnagar, Begumpet, Khairatabad, Malakpet.
- Feeder bus services to stations from different areas of the city.
- Green & Eco-friendly mode of travel – reduces carbon emission, fuel consumption and pollution.
- Faster, safer and comfortable air-conditioned travel with reduced travel time.
- Ultra-modern coaches.
- High frequency of trains with hardly any waiting time.
- User-friendly stations with lifts, staircases and facilities for the disabled.
- Parking facility at strategic locations along the route at the designated areas provided by the GoTS.
- Automatic ticket vending machines – reducing waiting time in queues and counters.
- Automatic fare collection system – hassle free entry and exit from the stations.
- Essential facilities at stations – toilets, public address and information system, telephones.
This development underscores the commitment to enhancing urban mobility and supporting sustainable transportation solutions in Hyderabad.
Source: HMRL | Images Credit: HMRL
