The ambitious metro rail project
has entered another key phase with the L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad starting
construction of its first station at Uppal.The station is expected to be ready
by the end of this year.Work on pillars and erection of girders is going on
simultaneously on various stretches of the metro rail in the city.
The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR)
officials said the metro rail stations are designed on Spine and Wing model
where the station will be constructed on a single pillar unlike the Bangalore
and Delhi metro stations where they are on three pillars.The pre-cast single
pillars will not cause traffic congestion during or after the construction of
stations.The pillars for the stations are being readied at metro rail casting
yards.Of the total 66 stations that will be constructed in all the three
corridors of the metro rail,eight will come up between Mettuguda and Nagole
stretch which are likely to be completed by the end of this year and become
operational by the end of the next year.
The L&T Metro Rail will
construct 27 stations on Corridor I from L B Nagar to Miyapur,16 on Corridor II
from JBS to Falaknuma and 23 stations on Corridor III from Nagole to
Shilparamam.Apart from the metro stations,three interchanging stations at
Amberpet,MGBS and Parade Grounds will be constructed to facilitate the movement
of passengers from one route to another.Each station will be about 140 metres
in length and 20 metres in width.Each station will have three levels,Ground,Ist
level (concourse level) and IInd level (platform level).While the first level
will have ticket counters,the second will have platforms.All the stations will
be provided with staircases,escalators and lifts, HMR managing director NVS
Reddy said.
The metro stations,besides being
aesthetically pleasing and energy-efficient,will be environmental and
user-friendly.Various facilities for passengers and pedestrians from the road
to the concourse or car parking and to the ticket counters and back would be
provided apart from regular amenities like toilets,mineral water,first aid
medical assistance and telephone facility is being provided at concourse level
at all stations.
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