Hyderabad Metro

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Hyderabad Metro: 3 additional trains inducted, footfall touches 2 lakh

Hyderabad, Sep 30 (UNI) Three additional trains were inducted, to meet the heavy rush of passengers, while footfall touched the mark of two lakh, with about 1.80 lakh paid passengers on Sunday.

With the traffic increasing day-by-day and due to heavy rush, additional trains were inducted with 3.5 minute frequency on Sunday evening, from 1700 hrs to 1900 hrs on Corridor I (Miyapur-LB Nagar), Hyderabad Metro Rail Managing Director NVS Reddy said in a statement here.

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Hyderabad: Commuters call for extending Metro hours

Hyderabad: Several commuters are requesting that Metro Rail services be operated till late in the night at least on weekends, considering the increased connectivity to bus stations. With the LB Nagar-Ameerpet corridor becoming operational last week, connectivity has been established to MGBS, Nampally, Dilsukhnagar, LB Nagar, Parade Ground (JBS) and Secunderabad stations. Over the weekends people often go out of town and have therefore requested more trains.

City resident Mr K. Srinivas, who takes the Metro from KPHB to Prakashnagar, said, “Considering the number of holidays and the the festive season ahead, the frequency of Metro trains at night should be increased.”



Currently, the last train leaves all terminals at 10.30 pm. Hyderabad Metro Rail Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy had said recently that the number of services would be increased if there was commuter demand.

Several requests have poured in even online. Techies from Hitec City are hopeful that the services will be extended considering the night life of Cyberabad.

Ms V. Lalitha, who travels from Tarnaka to Hitec City, said, “I work in the afternoon shift from 1.30 pm to 10.30 pm. I hope that the services from December will run till 11.30 pm as the Metro Rail is a safe mode of transport.”

A Metro Rail official said that once the passenger numbers at all corridors have stabilised, they could consider time extension.

The official said, “Train timings are based on commerce and viability. Definitely, if there is an increase of footfalls late at night, we will increase the services. Considering the huge loans taken by L&T to build the project, the financial aspect comes into picture when considering requests to extend services.”

“As and when the demand is there and utilisation is more, Metro Rail services will be increased,” the official added.

Officials also noted that maximum operation timings depends on the economics of people's usage and viability.

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Hyderabad: Peak hour frequency 3.5 minutes

Hyderabad: With the city embracing Metro Rail, seen in the increasing number of passengers, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited inducted additional trains on Sunday evening with a frequency of 3.5 minutes from 5 pm to 7 pm on the Miyapur-LB Nagar Corridor I.

“This kind of running trains with shorter frequency will be continued from Monday during the morning and evening peak hours, depending on the rush, on the Miyapur-LB Nagar corridor to begin with", said HMR managing director N.V.S Reddy.



On Sunday, three additional trains trips were run from Dilsukhnagar (towards Miyapur) and KPHB (towards LB Nagar) for even distribution of commuters.

Mr Reddy said that footfalls were expected to touch the 2 lakh mark on Sunday with about 1.8 lakh paid passengers and the remaining being Metro Rail staff. He added that senior citizens and women were travelling in groups to have the Metro Rail experience.

“They are expressing their gratitude for providing them freedom to travel on their own without any one’s help or support,” Mr N.V.S. Reddy said.

One such group came from the Krishna Kant Park Senior Citizens Walkers Association. Association president Dr K. Padmanabham along with Justice A. Hanumanth, a retired High Court Judge, chief engineer Ganapathi Rao, Prof. Adi Murthy of Warangal travelled on a Metro Rail service.

HMRL has put up fence to allow senior citizens easy access to the designated coaches apart from the already existing coaches for women.

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Following opening of Hyd Metro corridor-1, local buses see drop in occupancy

Buses of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) are seeing a drop in occupancy ever since the Hyderabad metro stretch between LB Nagar and Ameerpet was opened. To mitigate the situation, the TRSTC is now reconsidering routes along the metro stretch and may shift their services to high-density corridors that are not served by the metro.

When the Ameerpet-LB Nagar stretch opened to the public on September 24, it recorded a footfall of 69,000. Corridor-1 of the metro — from LB Nagar to Miyapur — saw 1,14,000 passengers in a single day.

The day following the opening of the LB Nagar-Ameerpet stretch, the LB Nagar metro station recorded a footfall of 10,400, overtaking Miyapur (8,100) and KPHB (8,400). The highest footfall recorded —  15,000 — remains with the Ameerpet interchange station that connecting corridor 1 and 3 said NVS Reddy, director, HMRL when speaking to media.

However, post the inauguration of the stretch between LB Nagar and Ameerpet on September 24, the Earning per Kilometer (EPK) of TSRTC along the said route fell from Rs 54 per kilometre down to Rs 42-45 per kilometre along the route for all services.

“Almost all services of TSRTC are along the metro route,” said C Vinod Kumar, TSRTC Executive Director, Greater Hyderabad.

“There is a drop in EPK for AC buses since the last 15 days. Also, ridership for other services has also been weak but in the case of AC, there has been a considerable drop. We are ready with rerouting plans. We used to get earnings per km of Rs 53-54. That has slipped to Rs 42-45. This is also an indicator for occupancy ratio,” he added.

The occupancy ratio and the earning for other services of TSRTC such as deluxe and metro buses have also reduced, he said. Now, the TSRTC intends to change the routes they ply.

“We are ready with rerouting plans. Taking into consideration the future plans of the metro, we have already planned to operate in the high-density corridor where there is no metro network for new and existing routes,” he added.

The increased demand for the metro has led to a drop in footfall in the two AC buses that ply on this route, that do 72 trips a day. The two bus routes (218D and 222L), from Dilshukhnagar to Patancheru and LB Nagar to Lingampally cut through localities such as Malakpet, Nampally, Lakdikapul, touching parts of Madhapur and Hi-tech city, before terminating service. The AC buses were mostly used people working in the IT sector in the city, the TSRTC official added.

For commuters using the metro to reach the above-mentioned localities, it also works out cheaper. The minimum fare in a metro is just Rs 10 from one station to the next, with the maximum fare set at Rs 60. The minimum fare for an AC RTC bus is Rs 16, and the fare could even cross Rs 80 if the ride exceeds 26 km.

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Subway is now open to both metro passengers and outside public at the Ameerpet Metro Station's Lower Concourse level. It is accessible via (Arm A) & (Arm D). Come and enjoy a healthy bite today!

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On 10/1/2018 at 2:46 AM, SilentStriker said:

Hyderabad: Peak hour frequency 3.5 minutes

Hyderabad: With the city embracing Metro Rail, seen in the increasing number of passengers, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited inducted additional trains on Sunday evening with a frequency of 3.5 minutes from 5 pm to 7 pm on the Miyapur-LB Nagar Corridor I.

“This kind of running trains with shorter frequency will be continued from Monday during the morning and evening peak hours, depending on the rush, on the Miyapur-LB Nagar corridor to begin with", said HMR managing director N.V.S Reddy.



On Sunday, three additional trains trips were run from Dilsukhnagar (towards Miyapur) and KPHB (towards LB Nagar) for even distribution of commuters.

Mr Reddy said that footfalls were expected to touch the 2 lakh mark on Sunday with about 1.8 lakh paid passengers and the remaining being Metro Rail staff. He added that senior citizens and women were travelling in groups to have the Metro Rail experience.

“They are expressing their gratitude for providing them freedom to travel on their own without any one’s help or support,” Mr N.V.S. Reddy said.

One such group came from the Krishna Kant Park Senior Citizens Walkers Association. Association president Dr K. Padmanabham along with Justice A. Hanumanth, a retired High Court Judge, chief engineer Ganapathi Rao, Prof. Adi Murthy of Warangal travelled on a Metro Rail service.

HMRL has put up fence to allow senior citizens easy access to the designated coaches apart from the already existing coaches for women.

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hi-tech city metro trials start ayindi ninna

[Spartan]

6 minutes ago, hyperbole said:

hi-tech city metro trials start ayindi ninna

this will be game changer.

[snoww]

3 minutes ago, Spartan said:

this will be game changer.

Parking situation improve kaavali chaala. Many stations lo no good parking 

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good ippudaina traffic taggutada

[Spartan]

Just now, JollyBoy said:

good ippudaina traffic taggutada

adoption pergali first..this is still trial runs to hitechcity route.

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15 minutes ago, snoww said:

Parking situation improve kaavali chaala. Many stations lo no good parking 

Ample parking unnadi man eppudu chala areas lo..don’t expect US kind of sophistication but two wheeelers ki okka 1000 vechiles patteanta parkkng unnadi chala major stations lo ippudu.

okka glaring issue ..unnecessary ga chala stations pettinaru ani pinchindi..literally like every 1 minute okka station vastadi..they could have saved a lot of money by having fewer stations and made it a lot faster

 

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14 minutes ago, Spartan said:

adoption pergali first..this is still trial runs to hitechcity route.

Jam packed nadustuyyai man eppudu..anytime of the day difficult to find a seat now.

2 weeks ago 3 crores communters touch ayindi..

1st 1 crore ki 158 days padute ..3rd 1 crore ki 72 days pattindi

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4 hours ago, hyperbole said:

Ample parking unnadi man eppudu chala areas lo..don’t expect US kind of sophistication but two wheeelers ki okka 1000 vechiles patteanta parkkng unnadi chala major stations lo ippudu.

okka glaring issue ..unnecessary ga chala stations pettinaru ani pinchindi..literally like every 1 minute okka station vastadi..they could have saved a lot of money by having fewer stations and made it a lot faster

 

Kani thappadhu kada mari, anni important stations ye, last yr sec’bad to miyapur ki it took me 55min i guess if i remember correctly

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Maa friend gadu 2 shops konnadu 3cr petti punjagutta or ameerpet metro station lo. He was saying he can recover the money fast once passengers increase