Telangana unveils ₹6,250-cr extension of airport metro
Telangana government has decided to extend the Hyderabad Metro to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Shamshabad at an approximate cost of ₹6,250 crore. At 31-km, the Airport Metro corridor starting at Mindspace junction to Shamshabad Airport will be the largest public-private partnership in the metro rail sector across the world. At present, the Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMRL) and the L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd (LTMRHL) operate three corridors covering 69 km. While the government is working on phase 2 of the project to cover a distance of 26 km from BHEL to Lakdikapul and connect the LB Nagar Metro station with Nagole Metro station. HMRL managing director N V S Reddy informed that the Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd will be fully state-owned and the new extension will be completed in three years. The Airport Metro will connect Raidurg Metro station to RGIA via Biodiversity Junction, Kajaguda Road and Nanakramguda Junction to enter Outer Ring Road. There is a dedicated Metro Rail Right of Way (RoW) on the ORR and the Airport Express Metro Corridor will be taken to Shamshabad International Airport through this dedicated RoW of ORR.
