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Trial run of Hyderabad Metro to commence after October 15, 2017

[ecis2016.org] Trial runs of the Hyderabad Metro Rail, on the Miyapur-Ameerpet corridor and Ameerpet-Nagole corridor, are likely to begin after October 15, 2017, a senior official has revealed

Trial run of Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) in the 30-km stretch, which is proposed for opening in the last week of November 2017, will commence after October 15 after completion of the rail works, a senior official has said. At the HMR board meeting held on September 19, 2017, its managing director NVS Reddy, explained to the board the fast paced progress of metro rail works in the 30-km stretch from Miyapur-Ameerpet (13 km) of corridor-I and Ameerpet-Nagole (17 km) of corridor-III, which are proposed to be opened in the last week of November 2017, an official release said.

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Reddy assured the board that the works in these two stretches will be completed by October 15 and the trial run of trains will commence thereafter, so that the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) can be invited for safety certification of the metro rail system between Miyapur-Ameerpet and Ameerpet-Nagole in November first week, it said.

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Reddy also briefed the board members on the engineering designs and the different stages of progress of urban rejuvenation works being carried out by the HMR, at the street level in 24 metro stations which are being set up on these two stretches.

The Board advised the MD to carry out the works in a targeted manner keeping the proposed inauguration in view, it said. SP Singh, Telangana chief secretary, who is also the board’s chairman, lauded the initiative for having a common ticket and smart card facility for metro rail, bus, MMTS and other modes of transport. Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has invited prime minister Narendra Modi, to inaugurate the 30-km-long first phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) project, while he is in the city to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit from November 28 to 30, 2017.

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Debora Berti

Università degli Studi di Firenze, IT

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