APSRTC to provide access to metro rail.
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HYDERABAD: To connect proposed metro rail stations with bus depots for the convenience of citizens, the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR), APSRTC and L&T have decided to work out an inter-modal integration arrangement between metro rail and RTC.
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managing director NVS Reddy and APSRTC managing director AK Khan on Tuesday held a joint coordination meeting at Bus Bhavan and decided to integrate metro rail with RTC facilities in Miyapur and JBS depots to take care of bus passengers coming from North Telangana districts, Dilsukhnagar bus depot for those coming from Nalgonda, Khammam and Coastal Andhra and Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) for linking up inter-state and inter-district bus services. According to an official release issued here by HMR, the interchange metro station at MGBS, which serves both Corridor-I (Miyapur-LB Nagar) and Corridor-II (JBS-Falaknuma), would be integrated with the inter-state MGBS to provide easy access for metro rail and bus passengers without inconveniencing the existing bus operations.
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The plans of metro rail interchange station would be frozen after joint inspection by metro rail and APSRTC officials and the cost of readjustment of APSRTC facilities would be borne by HMR, NVS Reddy said. HMR and L&T would build a separate vehicular and pedestrian entry facility into MGBS for the use of metro rail passengers from the south bank of Musi.
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Further, it has been proposed that the new entry point for buses from Rangamahal road would be pursued during the forthcoming Unified Metropolitan Traffic Authority (UMTA) meeting.
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At JBS, Dilsukhnagar, Miyapur and Moosapet bus depots, HMR would provide metro rail connectivity through skywalks and landing facilities without any readjustment/relocation of existing depot facilities of RTC. "HMR will give clearance for the new bus depot being built by RTC in Falaknuma and integrate metro rail services with a skywalk from the Falaknuma metro terminal station," the release added. On joint ticketing option, NVS Reddy stated that HMR and L&T would keep a provision for combined Metro Rail-Bus-MMTS ticketing option in the sophisticated Metro Rail Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system.
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AK Khan said efforts would be made by APSRTC to provide matching technical gadgets in RTC buses to facilitate the proposed combined ticketing. The HMR managing director dismissed rumours that the RTC hangar at the Gowliguda bus depot would be demolished to accommodate metro rail works.
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