Telangana CM to lay foundation stone of ₹6,250 crore Airport Express Metro in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, India (Metro Rail Today): Good news for Hyderabad people. The construction work of much-awaited Mindspace Junction to Shamshabad (Hyderabad International Airport) will be started soon. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will lay the foundation for the Airport Express Metro Corridor on 9th December 2022. This information was shared by Minister for municipal administration and Urban Development KT Rama Rao on 27th November 2022.

“Hyderabad is forging ahead. Happy to announce that CM KCR will be laying the foundation for Airport Express Metro on December 9. This project starting at Mindspace junction to Shamshabad Airport will be 31 KM long & will be costing approximately Rs 6,250 cr,” KT Rama Rao tweeted.

He said the metro line, starting at Mindspace junction to Shamshabad (Hyderabad International Airport), would be 31-km long and cost approximately Rs 6,250 crore. "The Airport Express Metro is a Telangana government- funded project and would be completed in three years," he added in another tweet.

“We have submitted DPR & been in discussions with the Central government for an additional 31-km city Metro expansion; BHEL to Lakdikapul -26 KM & Nagole to LB Nagar - 5 km,” he said.

The state government has already formed a special purpose vehicle- Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) which would be responsible for development, construction, operations and management of the Airport Express Metro link.

The GMR group, which is operating the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), had earlier said that they will invest about 10 per cent of the total cost of the metro rail link being proposed by the Telangana government for connectivity to the aerodrome from various parts of the city.

The metro express line is expected to take just 20 minutes to link the airport to the main city. Biodiversity Junction, Nanakramguda, Narsingi, TS Police Academy, Rajendranagar, Shamshabad, and the airport cargo station and terminal are a few of the stations that are anticipated to be built on this corridor.