Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR)

HMR

Project Highlights:

• An elevated Metro Rail, with 2 tracks (up and down lines) on a deck erected on pillars in the central median of the road, without obstructing the road traffic.
• Adequate parking space and circulating areas to be provided for multi modal commute
• The proposed rail will have a maximum speed of 80 kmph, the average speed of the trains will be around 34 kmph- an international standard for MRT systems.
• The travel time by Metro Rail from one end to another will be as such:
• 45 minutes for Corridor 1 (Miyapur-L.B. Nagar- 28.87 KM) as against 1 hr 44 minutes by road.
• 22 minutes for Corridor 2 (Jubilee Bus Station- Falaknuma-14.78 Km) as against 1 hr 10 minutes by road
• 39 minutes for Corridor 3 (Nagole-Shilparamam-27.51 KM) as against 1 hr 26 minutes by road.
• Rails will of course be continuously welded in order to lessen the noise levels.
• Different categories of aesthetic stations are being designed to reflect the local architecture. As far as possible, parking and circulation areas will be developed on nearby government lands.
• Coaches will be air-conditioned with automatic door closures and many other safety features.
• Eco-friendly travel mode that will reduce air as well as noise pollution in the city terminals. Also station based junctions will be conducted with bus transport (bus rapid transit system) routes & smart card-based automatic ticketing systems.

Advantages of Metro Rail


•The Metro Rail System has proven to be most efficient in terms of energy consumption, space occupancy and numbers transported.
• High-capacity carriers – very high volumes of peak hour peak direction trips.
• Eco-friendly – causes no air pollution, much less sound pollution.
• Low energy consumption – 20% per passenger km in comparison to road-based systems.
• Greater traffic capacity – carries as much traffic as 7 lanes of bus traffic or 24 lanes of car traffic (either way).
• Very low ground space occupation – 2 meter width only for elevated rail.
• Faster – reduces journey time by 50% to 75%.

STATIONS

3 Corridors - 66 Stations - 3 Interchange Stations:

Corridor I	Corridor II	Corridor III
Miyapur to L B Nagar - 27 Stations	JBS to Falaknuma - 16 Stations	Nagole to Shilparamam - 23 Stations

Stations – Corridor I:
Miyapur	JNTU College	KPHB Colony
Kukatpally	Balanagar	Moosapet
Bharat Nagar	Erragadda	ESI Hospital
S R Nagar	Ameerpet	Punjagutta
Irrum Manzil	Khairatabad	Lakdikapul
Assembly	Nampally	Gandhi Bhavan
Osmania Medical College	MG Bus station	Malakpet
New Market	Musarambagh	Dilsukhnagar
Chaitanyapuri	Victoria Memorial	L B Nagar

Stations – Corridor II:
JBS	Parade Grounds	Secunderabad
Gandhi Hospital	Musheerabad	RTC Cross Roads
Chikkadpally	Narayanguda	Sultan Bazar
M G Bus Station	Salarjung Museum	Charminar
Shalibanda	Shamsher Gunj	Jungametta
Falaknuma

Stations - Corridor III:
Nagole	Uppal	Survey of India
NGRI	Habsiguda	Tarnaka
Mettuguda	Secunderabad	Parade Grounds
Paradise	Rasool Pura	Prakash Nagar
Begumpet	Ameerpet	Madhura Nagar
Yusuf Guda	Road No 5 Jubilee Hills	Jubilee Hills Check Post
Pedamma Temple	Madhapur	Durgam Chervu
HITEC City	Shilparamam

Interchange Stations:
Ameerpet Station	Corridor I & III
M G B S Station	CorridorI & II
Parade Grounds Station	Corridor II & III

DEPOTS

Hyderabad Metro Rail has planned three maintenance facilities (train depots) for stabling and maintenance of trains, rail systems and engineering maintenance vehicles.

Each line has a supporting depot where all the trains of that line shall be stabled in night. These maintenance depots are manned round the clock and are equipped with all facilities and resources required for efficient and effective maintenance of rail system assets.
The three depots planned in 72 km rail network of Hyderabad Metro Rail are located at:

• Miyapur for Corridor 1 (Miyapur –LB Nagar)
• Falaknuma for Corridor 2 (JBS – Falaknuma)
• Uppal for Corridor 3 (Shilparamam – Nagole)

The Uppal depot is the main depot cum workshop where the overhaul and corrective maintenance facilities for whole fleet are planned. The other two depots have basic facilities for scheduled preventive maintenance and minor corrective maintenance.

Major facilities planned in these depots are:

• Automatic train wash plant
• Inspection and workshop bays
• Offices
• Depot control center
• Covered & open Stabling lines
• Infrastructure maintenance facilities
• Electrical & Mechanical workshops
• Electronic repair shops
• Open and outdoor storage facilities
• Wheel profiling lathe
• M&P for repair & overhaul
• Training, conference rooms, Cafeteria etc.

The maintenance workshops are managed by a team of managers who plan, coordinate and managevarious activities in depot to ensure that the trains are well maintained and cleaned for daily passenger service.
Every night when trains return from revenue services the trains are thoroughly washed at train wash plant before it is stabled on stabling lines. Daily internal cleaning is carried out before inducting trains in service to provide clean environment and ambience to passengers.
The trains are inspected, checked and certified 'fit-for-service' to allow train service in passenger service. This requires thorough analysis of data downloaded from train, visual inspection by team of engineers & technicians, successful completion of on-board test of vital safety systems and other comfort functions of trains.

TELECOM SYSTEM

Telecommunication System Key Features

General:

• State of the art Communication System facilitating continuous communication between Central Control, Train Operators and Station Controllers.
• Modular, Reliable, Redundant and Proven Systems
• Distributed Architecture - In event of failure of the link between OCC and Station all Station Communication equipment shall continue to operateindependently in Local mode.
• Gigabit Ethernet based IP Backbone System - All Communication Sub-Systems shall support IP and integrated through GE (IP) Network.
• Broadcast & display of train related information in different languages like Telugu, English and Hindi
• Emergency Call Point / Help-point phone at stations to assist passenger in case of any help required.
• PoE based complete IP based CCTV surveillance of all passenger areas for all stations.

Sr. No.	Communication Sub-System	Key Feature
1	DTS System	Complete IP-Ethernet Based System 10 GB Backbone Network with Dual Core Ring Configuration. Layered Architecture – Core, Distribution and Access. < 50ms recovery time 2x120 FO Operation Cables and 2X120 FO Commercial Cables
2	Telephone System	Hybrid System – Supports both TDM & IP trunks Tandem and Satellite PABX for all locations Centralized Voice Mail System (CVMS) Types of telephone shall be Analogue Telephone, Digital Telephone, Help-Points Phone and IP Phones PFCT Bypass facility