Hyderabad Metro

Hyderabad Metro
Overview
Owner	Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. (HMRL) Larsen & Toubro (90%) Government of Telangana (10%)
Area served	Hyderabad Metropolitan Region
Locale	Hyderabad, Telangana
Transit type	Rapid Transit
Number of lines	3 (Fully operational) 1 (Under-construction)
Line number	Red Line – 1 Green Line – 2 Blue Line – 3
Number of stations	57[1]
Daily ridership	480,000 (2024) [2]
Annual ridership	170 million[3]
Chief executive	N.V.S Reddy (Managing director)[4]
Headquarters	Metro Rail Bhavan, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500003
Website	ltmetro.com hmrl.co.in
Operation
Began operation	29 November 2017; 6 years ago (2017-11-29)[5]
Operator(s)	Keolis Hyderabad Mass Rapid Transit System
Character	Fully elevated
Rolling stock	Hyundai Rotem
Train length	3-car trains
Headway	3.5 - 7 minutes
Technical
System length	71.1 km (44.2 mi) (Operational) 5.5 km (3.4 mi) (Under Survey)[6] 63 km (39 mi) (DPR submitted) 278 km (173 mi) (cabinet approved)[7]
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius of curvature	120 metres (390 ft)[8]
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Average speed	35 to 40 km/h (22 to 25 mph)
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

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Legend
Phase I
Miyapur JNTU College Raidurg KPHB Colony Hitec City Kukatpally Durgam Cheruvu Balanagar Madhapur Moosapet Peddamma Gudi Bharat Nagar Jubilee Hills Check Post Erragadda Road No 5 Jubilee Hills ESI Hospital Yusufguda S.R. Nagar Madhura Nagar Ameerpet Punjagutta Begumpet Irrum Manzil Prakash Nagar Khairatabad Rasoolpura Lakdi-ka-pul Paradise Assembly JBS Parade Ground Nampally Parade Ground Gandhi Bhavan Osmania Medical College Secunderabad West | Jn | East Mettuguda Gandhi Hospital Tarnaka Musheerabad Habsiguda R.T.C. X Roads NGRI Chikkadpally Stadium Narayanaguda Uppal Sultan Bazaar Nagole MG Bus Station Malakpet Salarjung Museum New Market Charminar Musarambagh Shah-Ali-Banda Dilsukhnagar Shamsherganj Chaitanyapuri Jungametta Victoria Memorial Falaknuma LB Nagar
Red Line Green Line Blue Line Indian Railways lines

The Hyderabad Metro is a rapid transit system, serving the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.^{[9][10][11][12]} It is the third longest operational metro network in India after Delhi Metro and Namma Metro (Bengaluru),^[11][12] and the lines are arranged in a secant model. It is funded by a public–private partnership (PPP),^[13][14] with the state government holding a minority equity stake.^[15] Hyderabad Metro is the world's largest elevated Metro Rail system based on DBFOT basis (Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer).^[16] A special purpose vehicle company, L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd (L&TMRHL), was established by the construction company Larsen & Toubro^[17][18] to develop the Hyderabad metro rail project.^[19][20]

A 30-kilometre (19 mi) stretch from Miyapur to Nagole, with 24 stations, was inaugurated on 28 November 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.^[21][22] This was the longest rapid transit metro line opened in one go in India.^[23][24] It is estimated to cost ₹18,800 crore (US$2.3 billion). As of February 2020, about 490,000 people use the Metro per day.^[25] Trains are crowded during the morning and evening rush hours.^[26] A ladies only coach was introduced on all the trains from 7 May 2018.^[27] Post-COVID, 450,000 passengers were travelling on Hyderabad Metro daily on average by December 2022.^[28] On 3 July 2023, Hyderabad Metro Rail achieved ridership clocking in at 0.51 million on that day.^[29]