Hyderabad Metro services from Hitec city to Raidurg from November 29
By Anurag Mallick Published on 22 Nov 2019 7:11 AM GMT
Highlights
- Corridor 1: No of stations: 27, length: 28. 87 Km
- Corridor 2: No of stations: 14, Length: 14. 78 Km
- Corridor 3: No of stations: 23, Length: 27. 51 KM
- Total No of stations: 64, length: 71.16 km
Hyderabad: In what would be a huge relief to thousands of IT employees operating in the western corridor, The Hitec city -Raidurg stretch of Hyderabad will be thrown open for public on Friday morning( November 29).
The extended service that falls under corridor 3 will be inaugurated by MAUD Minister K T Rama Rao and Minister for Transport Puvvada Ajay. With this, the Metro Corridor-3 will cover 28 km between Nagole and Mindspace.
Ahead of the operations, HMRL Managing Director and officials carried out a spree of inspections along the corridor -3. “ All the tests have been completed on this one and a half km stretch. It is expected that Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) Mr Janak Kumar Garg will inspect the section on 26/27thNov 2019. Subject to CMRS’ safety clearance, the inaugural is planned for 29th’, the MD informed.
Hitec city-Raidurg metro stretch (1.5km) is ready & CMRS inspection will be done soon. After his safety clearance, the stretch will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister for MA&UD Mr KT Rama Rao & Hon’ble Transport Minister Mr P Ajay Kumar in the morning of 29th of this month.
— MD HMRL (@md_hmrl) November 22, 2019
The opening of this important IT stretch will provide a major relief to a large number of employees working in major IT/ITES and other establishments in this congested area and that an initial additional ridership of about 40 thousand is likely, he added
This extension will be of great help to those employed with tech companies and who are currently using the shuttle service from Hi-Tech city and Durgam Cheruvu Metro stations to reach their workplace.
With the completion of Metro Corridor-2, commuters will be able to cover the 10 km between Jubilee Bus Station and Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station from next month.
