Hyderabad Metro Rail passengers travelling towards the HiTec City on Corridor 3 (Nagole - HiTec City/Raidurg) are surging everyday with peaktime travel touching a high of 17,000 on Mondays! We think this will be sufficient for the time being to tackle the passenger rush on the HiTec City route,” explained HMR Managing Director N.V.S. Right now because of the ‘restricted mode of operations’ between Jubilee Hills Check Post and HiTec City stations, trains are being at “average of 7.5 minutes” on both lines with additional services run during peak hours (8 a,m. However, the frequency could stretch up to 15 minutes because of peculiarity of operations on the stretch. “All the metro stations are designed to cater to six-coach trains, but it is not required now as the increasing passenger load can easily be handled with thee-coach trains with better frequency,” maintained Mr. Reddy.

Source: The Hindu July 03, 2019 18:56 UTC