The minimum ticket fare is ₹10 and maximum is ₹60. Commuters can also opt for Metro Smart cards priced at ₹200, including a deposit of ₹100.
The term “Hyderabad Metro” has been top searched query related to Hyderabad in the last seven days, Google search data reveals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Metro Rail by unveiling the plaque of HMR pylon in Miyapur on November 28.
What next for the world’s biggest public-private partnership project, with the Hyderabad Metro Rail system being built at a total cost of ₹14,132 crore with L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) investing up to ₹12,764 crore? “Making this project financially viable,” says Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy. He may sound sanguine, yet all indications are costs are only about to increase.
A joy ride on Hyderabad metro from Nagole to Begumpet on Wednesday.
There was a heightened enthusiasm to try out the new mode of transport.
The present Hyderabad Metro Rail fares have been fixed by L&T, and Telangana government has little right to reduce them, an official from HMRL said.