The stretch, which is part of Corridor II of the project, is the last corridor that is waiting to be opened, as Corridor I and III have already been opened to the public.
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The stretch of the Hyderabad Metro Rail between Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) and Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) may soon be open to commuters, as authorities have begun conducting trial runs.
The stretch, which is part of Corridor II of the project, is the last corridor that is waiting to be opened, as Corridor I and III have already been opened to the public.
Taking to Twitter, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director NVS Reddy said, "We started trial runs of metro trains on Corridor 2 (JBS-MGBS) today at JBS. It would take 16 minutes to cover this 11-km corridor with 9 stations as against 45 minutes by road. Ride was smooth and superb."
Trial run on Corridor2(Jbs-MGBS) commenced today. I along with L&TMRHL MD KVB Reddy complimented all the tech experts & engineers who worked relentlessly & made the corridor ready pic.twitter.com/Rlj8ALLTFi— MD HMRL (@md_hmrl) November 25, 2019
The MD said that all electrical tests were completed and once safety tests are carried out, and an approval is granted by the Commission of Railway Safety (CMRS), the stretch will be opened to the public.
Just last week, the HMRL said that the stretch between Hitec City and Raidurg, will be inaugurated on November 29 by Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) KT Rama Rao.
In March this year, the much-awaited metro service on the Ameerpet-Hitec City route was inaugurated, to cater to thousands of techies who travel to the IT cluster. The route has now been extended till Raidurg from Hitec City.
The inauguration also completed the 27 km Nagole-Hitec City corridor, one of three in the project. The 16-km Ameerpet-LB Nagar line was inaugurated in September last year, while the 30-km stretch between Uppal and Miyapur has been operational since November 2017.
Billed as the largest Metro project in the world in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, the Rs 14,132 crore project is being built by infrastructure giant L&T.
Read: Hitec city-Raidurg stretch of Hyderabad metro to open for commuters from Nov 29
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