Hyderabad Metro Rail authorities have decided to give unique numbering to Metro Rail pillars and link them with Google maps and GPS (Global Position System). It is make to it convenient for citizens to easily identify different locations on metro rail corridors and direction signages for different roads, areas and colonies nearby, according to HMR MD N.V.S. Reddy.
Following a brain storming session held in the Metro Rail Bhavan with the L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) and others on Sunday, it was decided that the numbering of metro pillars would be alpha-numeric with corridor I (Miyapur-LB Nagar) designated as ‘A’, corridor II (JBS-Falaknuma) designated as ‘B’ and corridor III (Nagole-Raidurg) designated as ‘C’, he said.
The numbering is to begin from the Point of Beginning (POB) corridor-wise like the pier numbers on corridor I will be A1 near Miyapur (corridor beginning), A450 near Ameerpet station, A769 near MGBS station and A1108 near LB Nagar.
Similarly, corridor 2 numbers will be B1 near JBS (corridor beginning), B152 near Musheerabad station, B196 near RTC X Roads station, B356 near MGBS station, and B588 near Falaknuma depot. Numbers for corridor III will be C1 near Nagole bridge (corridor beginning), C296 near Mettuguda, C583 near Begumpet, C623 near Ameerpet, C1001 near Hitec city, and C1052 near Riadurg.
Presently, there are 2,531 pillars across the three corridors, excluding the the MGBS-Falaknuma stretch in the old city, and any future expansion of corridors would be having D, E, F etc. With each metro station having four entry/exits, they will be designated gate 1, gate 2, gate 3 and gate 4 clock-wise starting from the first gate on the left side in the direction of the corridor.
Sign posts with big fonts in both English and Telugu will be placed at several locations and approach areas of a metro station along with maps of nearby colonies and prominent locations of the city. Likewise, the location of service lanes, bus bays, auto bays, e-vehicle bays, parking locations, toilet facilities, entry/exit indicators, direction boards to nearby colonies etc. will also be prominently displayed at the metro stations.
The MD also welcomed citizens to give their inputs or suggestions to improve citizen-friendly initiatives and the same can be posted on HMR website info-hmrl@telangana.gov.in. L&TMRH MD Shivanand Nimbargi participated in the exercise.
