Transport in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Transportation in Hyderabad, India

Air

Hyderabad, owing to its geographic location is considered to become the hub of aviation industry in India. When the new and modern airport at Shamshabad replaced the old Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad ushered in a new era in the aviation history of India.

The new airport provides the much needed infrastructure to handle large aircraft, heavy international passenger and cargo traffic. The airport is considered as one of the best in the region with world-class facilities. The airport is spread over an area of 5,400 acres and currently has the longest runway among all Indian airports. The airport was developed to cater to a total of 12 million passengers a year and has a capacity to handle 40 million passengers a year when fully developed.

Hyderabad is well connected with direct flights to all major destinations in India, as well as to various locations in Middle East, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America. Currently, Hyderabad has flights connecting either directly or intermediate stops to foreign cities like Amsterdam,Frankfurt, Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Dammam, Chicago (O'Hare), London (Heathrow), New York (John F. Kennedy International Airport), Doha, Jeddah, Muscat, Riyadh, Kuwait, Kathmandu.

Roads

Hyderabad is well connected to many other locations in India, such as Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Nagpur, Chennai, Pune, and Vijayawada, either through directly or through intermediary locations. The highway (express way) network linking Hyderabad to various parts of the country is very good. Indian National Highways NH-7, NH-9 and NH-202 pass through the city. The city is also part of the North-South Corridor.Being in the heart of Telangana it is very well connected to all the towns and cities of the region.

The city has a very well laid out internal road systems. However, as in most in Indian cities, due to increasing number of vehicles, the city traffic has grown very rapidly in last decade or so. this is leading to chaotic traffic snarls and also the lack of perceptible lane discipline has made driving in the city a stressful experience for vehicle owners. Accidents are on the rise especially due to two wheelers and Auto-rickshaws negligent driving. A series of flyovers have been developed at various important junctions across the city to decrease the traffic congestion. Many of the important roads are 3-lane on either side. Due to the burgeoning number of personal vehicles, the city is plauged with traffic problems. As a measure to ease this, the city plans to improve the inner ring road going around Hyderabad within the city limits.

A new expressway called Jawaharlal Nehru Hyderabad Outer Ring Road [cite web
url=http://www.hyderabadringroad.com/
title=Hyderabad Growth Corridor - Outer ring road ] of about 160 km is being built now and will be complete by 2010. This ring road is expected to ease the traffic congestion by a lot inside the city as heavy vehicles passing through the city on the national highways can bypass the city using ORR.The first phase from Gachibowli to Shamshabad is expected to complete in November to ease airport traffic.

The P V Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway Corridor from Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital to Aramgarh Junction is under construction. This is expected to be the longest flyover in India with a length spanning over 11.5 KM. The first phase of flyover from SD Eye hospital to Indrareddy junction,with a length of approx. 7 km is expected to be complete by May 2009. This will prevent the heavy airport traffic from being stricken in this very busy stretch. The remaining stretch of the flyover upto Aramgarh, with a distance of 4 km (total length 11.5 km) will be completed later. An underpass at Aramgarh junction and a trumpet interchange from airport towards Shamshabad are complete and are expected to open shortly.

APSRTC

[http://www.ghmc.gov.in/hyd/busroutes.asp bus routes and numbers in Hyderabad]

Hyderabad has a very good bus service operated by APSRTC inside the city and to various places across the country. The Mahatma Gandhi bus station or the imlibun bus station as it is locally known, was once the largest bus station in Asia. It is now the third biggest station in Asia. Other major bus stations include Jubliee bus station (JBS), Dilsukhnagar bus station.The APSRTC operates point to point bus services which connect important places within the city, with a very good frequency. The buses are exceptionally clean and services are very user friendly when compared to other cities in India. There are 4000+ buses in the city running the point to point service.

APSRTC has several kinds of services like
*Veera
*Metro Express
*OrdinaryVeera and Metro express are luxury and semi-luxury services respectively, and have few stops between any two points in the city. This enables passengers to commute quickly between any two places within the city.

BRTS

TAXI

The yellow colored Auto Rickshaw usually referred to as an "auto", is the most widely used taxi in Hyderabad. They can be found in any part of the city and at anytime of the day. Taximeter is compulsory for all taxis in Hyderabad and this applies for autos too. they have flag down of Rs 12 for first 1.6 km and then Rs 7 per km.

Recently other automobiles like cars have been introduced as taxi. Radio Taxis provide a luxury travel in the city but are considered relatively expensive for common man. Some of the known service providers are
*Easy cabs
*Meru cabs
*Dot cabs

Car rental services are also provided. Known operators are Avis, Hertz and Budget.

Railways

Nationally, Hyderabad is considered among the important railway cities. The South Central Railway is headquartered at Secunderabad.

The four main railway stations for Hyderabad are
* Secunderabad Railway Station (Which recently got ISO 9002 Certification)
* Nampally Railway Station
* Kachiguda Railway Station
* Begumpet Railway stationA new railway station is proposed to be built near HITEC city at Madhapur. Also the Moula-ali station is expected to be improved to a world class station in near future. These two stations along with Begumpet and Kachiguda are expected to considerable decrease the traffic at Secundrabad and Nampally stations.

MMTS

Hyderabad has a light rail transportation system known as the Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS). The MMTS is owned and operated by Indian Railways. The MMTS connects various parts of the city and suburbs of Hyderabad. During Initial phase, The MMTS along with the then planned MRTS was expected to considerably ease the traffic congestion in Hyderabad. But the railway department didn't fully develop the MMTS as planned earlier owing to poor patronage. Th proposed second phase expansion has been temporarily shelved.

Metro

The government of A.P along with private partnership has undertaken metro rail project in Hyderabad. The elevated rail shall run across three proposed routes. The project is expected to complete in four years. It is going to provide a facelift to the city without causing damage to the heritage sites along the 3 corridors.

The 3 corridors are:Miyapur to LB Nagar;Jubilee Bus Station to Falaknuma;Nagole to Hitec City.

Notes

as the government got metro rail project in hyderabad. So there will be no traffic problems in hyderabad in future