Hyderabad: To finalise the new Airport Metro alignment and station locations, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) MD NVS Reddy inspected a stretch from Nagole to Chandrayangutta for about 14 km today (Saturday) by foot. This is the first leg of the Airport Metro from Nagole to Shamshabad airport.
13 stations fall in this section of the Airport Metro. Starting from the already existing Nagole station, the stretch goes through Nagole X roads, Alkapuri X roads, Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar junction, Nagarjuna Sagar ring road, Mythri Nagar, Karmanghat, Champapet junction, Owaisi Hospital, DRDO, Hafeez Babanagar and Chandrayangutta.
The new Nagole Airport Metro station shall be located nearer to the existing Nagole station on the left side (towards LB Nagar). These two stations shall be connected with a wide skywalk at the concourse level for seamless transfer of passengers, a press release from HAML informed.
“The alignment shall be shifted to the further left side by about 10 metres near Musi to avoid shifting of huge water mains and high-tension electrical lines. For crossing Musi, longer spans shall be planned for facilitating Musi rejuvenation works,” it added.
HAML also stated that an additional station shall be planned after crossing the Musi River to give connectivity to the road coming from Kottapet jn for catering to the travel needs of nearby colonies.
The proposed Nagole RTO station shall be located nearer to Alkapuri junction (Lucky Restaurant) which will be useful for connectivity to ORR. After Kamineni Hospital station which will be located on the right side of the flyover, LB Nagar junction station will pose several challenges due to the presence of an underpass and two flyovers.
