Hyderabad Metro | HMRL sets goal of 15 lakh passengers per day in the next 2 years
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) has set an ambitious target for itself. It aims to increase passenger footfall from the current 80,000 passengers a day to a whopping 15 lakh a day in just two years. “Ameerpet-LB Nagar stretch(16km) and Ameerpet-Shilparamam(10km) will become operational by August and November respectively. This will push ridership from the current 80,000 to 5 lakh per day,” he said. “The entire first phase of the project — excluding the 6 km stretch between MGBS and Falaknuma — would be thrown open to the public by May next year.” The stretch between Shilparamam and Raidurgam, which was earlier added to phase-I, would also be open by end of 2019, he said. “When all three corridors of Metro, covering 66 km — become operational, the ridership would go up to 15 lakh,” Reddy claimed. He also said that the frequency of trains is likely to get a boost over the next couple of years from the current 6...