Hyderabad Metro Rail

Hyderabad Metro Rail

Metrorail work under Progress on Mettuguda-Nagole Line as of Jan 2013
Overview
Locale Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Transit type Rapid transit
Number of lines 3 (Phase I)
Number of stations 66 (Phase I)
Chief executive NVS Reddy, MD[1]
Headquarters Metro Bhawan, Saifabad, Hyderabad
Website
Operation
Operation will start 21 March 2015
Operator(s) Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. (HMRL)
Technical
System length 72.16 km (44.84 mi) (Phase I)[2]
97 km (60 mi) (Phase II)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25kV, 50Hz AC overhead catenary
Average speed 35 km/h (22 mph)
Top speed 80 km/h (50 mph)
System map

Metrorail work under Progress on Mettuguda-Nagole Line as of Jan 2013
Segments being placed at the Uppal station as of March 2013
The Uppal Station under construction as of April 2014
Metrorail work under Progress on Mettuguda-Nagole Line near Uppal as of October 2014
Metrorail work under Progress on Miyapur-LB Nagar line near KPHB as of October 2014

Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR; Telugu: హైదరాబాద్ మెట్రో రైలు) is a rapid transit system, currently under construction, for the city of Hyderabad, Telangana.[3] It is in Secent Operational model. It is being implemented entirely on public-private partnership (PPP) basis, with the state government holding a minority equity stake.[4]

History

Background

To answer the raising public transport needs and escalating vehicular traffic in the twin-cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Government and the South Central Railway zone jointly launched the Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) in August 2003.[5] This Rs. 167 crores worth transport system, 50 percent[5] of which was financed by the State Government and the remaining by the Central Government, used the already existing rail lines of the Indian Railways[6] in and around Hyderabad making it a highly cost effective one. However, within months of starting of its operation, it became apparent that it has been met with poor response.[7] The reasons for this dismal response include poor punctuality of trains, lack of dedicated tracks for MMTS services, and absence of feeder bus services limiting the network’s reach.[8]

Though the ridership of the MMTS has increased over the years, the failure in augmentation of the services in line with the increasing ridership has led to its unpopularity among 150,000[9] passengers who avail the services daily. This notwithstanding, the Union Ministry of Urban Development, in October 2003, gave its nod for the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project and directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to conduct a survey on the project.[7] Involving an investment of over Rs.4000 crores, this project was seen necessary in view that the population of Hyderabad was forecasted to reach 13.6 million by the year 2021.[7] According to the initial plan, the metro was to be connected with the already existing MMTS to provide commuters with alternate modes of transport. Simultaneously, the proposals for taking up the construction of MMTS Phase-II were also taken forward.[6]

Awards and nominations

HMR project was showcased as one of the top 100 strategic global infrastructure projects at the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum held in New York during February–March, 2013.[10][11]

The HMR project is considered to be the world’s largest project under public-private partnership, with investments of over Rs 17,000 Crore.

Phase-1 of the Project was approved by the Union Government in April 2008 under Public-Private Partnership.[12] The total length of the first-phase after final revision is 71 km.

Construction Phases

The construction work will be undertaken in two phases. There are six stages of completion in Phase I.

Phase I

The Phase I of the project includes 3 lines covering a distance of around 71 km. The metro rail stretches between Nagole and Secuderabad 11km is targeted to be operational by December 2015. Thou it was initially scheduled to open on 21 March 2015 between Nagole and mettuguda 8km, but was later conformed that mettuguda is just a small junction and it would better that secunderabad to be the end point for stage 1.

Six Stage Construction Schedule

Stage Target Section Distance (in km) Line Expected Completion date
Stage 1Nagole to Secunderabad[13]11 Line III December 2015
Stage 2Miyapur to S R Nagar11 Line I TBD
Stage 3Secunderabad to Begumpet10 Line III TBD
Stage 4Begumpet to Shilparamam9.51 Line III 15 August 2016
Stage 5SR Nagar to LB Nagar17.87 Line I15 August 2016
Stage 6JBS to Falaknuma14.79Line II5 June 2017

Phase II

The Indian government is thinking for Phase II which is expected to start construction in 2015. It includes around 80 kilometers. Recently Government has sanctioned second phase of metro rail extending further 85 km.The proposed routes are as following:

TOTAL 85 km (Second Phase). The construction is yet to be started and might start at 2015. The total Metro rail coverage will be increased to 157 km (Including Second Phase).

Initial Bidding

The bidding process was completed by July 2008 and awarded to Maytas which failed to achieve financial closure for the project as per schedule By March 2009. In July 2009, the Andhra Pradesh Government canceled the contract and called for fresh bids for the project.

Re-bidding

In the July-2010 rebidding process, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) emerged as the lowest bidder for the INR121.32 billion (US$1.9 billion) project. L&T came forward to take up the work for about INR14.58 billion (US$230 million) as viability gap funding as against the sanctioned INR48.53 billion (US$770 million).

Construction stage

Bhoomi Puja(shankusthapana) for the project was conducted on 26 April 2012 [14] the concessionaire started the pillar erection on the same day for Stage-I and on 6 June 2012 for Stage-II.[15] The work for Corridor 2 has been delayed due to traders in Koti and Sultan Bazar demanding realignment of the route to safeguard traders and age old heritage markets.[16]

Current Status

As of January 2015, construction on Line 3 is 95% completed, with the construction of the Nagole depot almost over, laying of overhead traction lines started, and trial runs of the trains started. For Line 1, the construction of pillars is completed except on stretches from Moazzam Jahi Market to Khairatabad, and viaduct construction is in full swing.

The construction of the entire 71.16 km has been split into 6 stages with the first stage scheduled to be completed by March 2015[17][18] with the entire project scheduled to be completed by July, 2017.[19][20]

In November 2013, L&T Hyderabad Metro started laying of rails on the metro viaduct between Nagole and Mettuguda, a stretch of 8 km.[21] Hyderabad Metro Rail will provide disabled-friendly system.[22][23]

The first train of the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) came from Korea during the third week of May 2014. Stringent trial runs will commenced from June 2014 till February 2015, before the service on the first stage of the Nagole-Mettuguda sector is thrown open to the public on 21 March 2015.[24]

Three interchanges are planned at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Terminus, Parade Grounds and Ameerpet.[25]

Lines

Since the first version of the plans, the three corridors mostly remained the same, but minor changes were introduced. These include the lack of stop at Lalaguda, or a stop at Lakdikapul instead of Secretariat. Also, the lines have been marked with several different combination of colours.[26]

Line 1 (red): Miyapur – L B Nagar

Route Length — 29.87 kilometers
Number of Stations (All elevated) — 26
Link to other Corridors

S.No Station S.No Station
1Miyapur14Lakdi-ka-pul
2JNTU College15Assembly
3KPHB Colony16Nampally
4Kukatpally17Gandhi Bhavan(Moazzam Jahi Market)
5Moosapet18Medical College(Putli Bowli)
6Bharatnagar19Imlibun(MG Bus Stand)
7Erragadda Road20Malakapet
8ESI Hospital21New Market(Super Bazaar)
9S.R.Nagar22Musarambagh(TV Tower)
10Ameerpet23Dilsukh Nagar
11Punjagutta24Chaitanyapuri(Fruit Market)
12Erra Manzil25Victoria Memorial(Kothapet)
13Khairatabad26L.B. Nagar(Bahadurguda)

Line 3 (blue): Nagole - Shilparamam

Route Length — 26.51 km
Number of Stations (All elevated) — 22
Link to other Corridors

S.No Station S.No Station
1Nagole13Begumpet
2Uppal14Ameerpet
3Survey Of India15Madhura Nagar
4NGRI16Yousufguda
5Habsiguda17Jubilee Hills Road No 5
6Tarnaka18Jubilee Hills Checkpost
7Mettuguda19Peddamma Temple
8Secunderabad20Madhapur PS
9Parade Ground21Durgam Cheruvu
10Paradise22Hitech City
11Rasoolpura
12Prakash Nagar

Line 2 (green): JBS – Falaknuma

Route Length — 14.78 kilometers
Number of Stations (All elevated) — 16
Link to other Corridors

1Jubilee Bus Station0.0000.000
2Parade Grounds0.7000.700
3Secunderabad r.s.1.0001.700
4Gandhi Hospital1.2462.946
5Musheerabad0.6413.587
6R.T.C. Cross Roads1.3304.917
7Chikkadpally0.6535.570
8Narayanguda1.0106.580
9Sultan Bazaar0.7797.359
10M.G. Bus Station0.8268.185
11Salarjung Museum1.3909.575
12Charminar1.54011.115
13Shalibanda0.71711.832
14Shamsherganj0.95112.783
15Jangammet0.92613.709
16Falaknuma0.47414.183

Cost

The official estimated cost of the project stands at INR14132 crore (US$2.2 billion). The Central Government bears 10% of it, while L&T bears the remaining 90% of the cost.[19][27] However, construction work was supposed to commence on 3 March 2011. Since the project has already been delayed by a year, the interest component has accumulated to INR1,825 crores. As a result, the final current cost (as of March 2012) of the project stands at INR15,957 crores.[28]

Infrastructure

Rolling stock

On 12 September 2012, Larsen and Toubro Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd (LTMRHL) announced that it has awarded tender for supply of rolling stock to Hyundai Rotem.[29][30] The INR18 billion (US$290 million) tender is for 57 trains consisting of 171 cars which will be delivered in phases at least 9 months before the commencement of each stage.[31][32] On 2 October 2013, LTMRHL unveils its train car for Hyderabad Metro. A model coach which is half the size of the actual coach, is on public display at Necklace Road on the banks of Hussain Sagar in the heart of Hyderabad.[33] The trains will be 3.2m wide and 4m high.[34] There will be 4 doors on each side of each coach.[34]

On 10 April 2014 the first metro train for HMR rolled out of Hyundai Rotem Factory at Changwon in South Korea and is scheduled to reach Hyderabad by third week of May 2014.[35]

On December 31st 2014, Hyderabad Metro Rail created a new technology record by(THALES INDIA PVT.LTD.Thales)(TCTS-France base company) successfully running a train in Automatic Train Operation (ATO) mode for the first time on Indian soil between Nagole and Mettuguda.[36]

Ticketing

The L&T Hyderabad project will have an automated ticketing system with features such as contactless smart card based ticketing, slim automatic gates, payment by cash and credit/debit card, passenger operated ticket vending machine and provision of common ticketing system. It will also have a provision of NFC-based technology to enable usage of mobile phones as fare media and high performance machine to avoid long queues.[37] Samsung Data Systems India, a subsidiary of Korean firm Samsung, has been awarded the automatic fare collection system package for the L&T metro rail project. The package involves design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the system.[37][38]

Stations

Otis of United States won the contract to supply and maintain 670 elevators.

[39]

Distance (km) Metro Fare ()
0 - 2 Rs. 8
2 - 6 Rs. 10
6 - 10 Rs. 12
10 - 14 Rs. 14
14 - 18 Rs. 16
> 18 Rs.19

See also

References

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