Ameerpet-L B Nagar Metro route to start today

Hyderabad | Monday | 24th September, 2018

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Hyderabad Metro is recording footfall of around 85,000 passengers per day (in the 30 km stretch of Miyapur-Nago). "This is a 16 km stretch with 16 stations. There are 24 stations in the operational 30 km line. HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Metro Rail is all set to start services on a 16-km stretch between Ameerpet to L B Nagar Monday,making the entire Corridor 1 phase operational.The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety has issued the safety certificate for passenger train operations on this stretch after testing and commissioning.The Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan will flag off the Metro train at Ameerpet station at 12 noon. With this, the entire 29 km of Corridor-I from Miyapur to LB Nagar will be operational," Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director N V S Reddy told PTI.In November 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the 30 km Miyapur-Nagole stretch out of the 72 km long elevated Hyderabad Metro Rail project,the world's largest public-private partnership project in the sector..