| In the first phase of the project, GoAP identified three corridors for development of elevated MRTS Project on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis. |
| These were the Miyapur"�Chaitanyapuri stretch of 26.27 km with 25 stations, the Tarnaka-Panjagutta-Hitec City route of 20 km and the Secunderabad-Falaknuma via Charminar link of 13.18 km with 14 stations. |
| The cost for all the three corridors in Hyderabad has been estimated at Rs 4,300 crore at Rs 72.88 crore per km. |
| Another proposal submitted by SREI alongwith Metrail AG of Switzerland was under the active consideration of the government of West Bengal for implementation of the 32km, 32 station Kolkata MRTS from Joka in the south to Panihati in the north, with an estimated project cost of Rs 1500 crore, with fare fixed at Rs 1 per passenger km.. |
| For the Hyderabad system, designed speed would be 34 kmph for trains of three cars with bogies and compartments. |
| It would have an automated fare collection system with smart cards. |
| For the Hyderabad system, the rolling stock would be 2.88m wide using stainless steel bodies. |
| The capacity for each 3-coach unit would be 1000 passengers. |
| Trains would ply at three-minute intervals during the peak hours. |
| For the Hyderabad system, the corridors would have minimum carrying capacity of 25,000 passengers per hour per direction (pphpd), upgradable to around 55,000 pphpd in the near future. |
| The third corridor will have minimum carrying capacity of 20,000 pphpd, upgradable to 36,000 pphpd. |
| The traffic forecast by GoAP were 11.11 lakh passengers per day (lpd) in 2008, rising to 12.21lpd in 2011 and to 18.81lpd in 2021. |
| The BOT (concession ) period for all the three corridors is 37 years. |
| The project would take almost three years for the first two corridors and two years for the third corridor. |
| For the Hyderabad system, construction will be in phases. |
| The progressive fare fixed by GoAP was Rs 1 per passenger km and for an initial distance below 2km, Rs 5 per passenger. |
| Two 132/133KV electrical sub-stations, one for each line, would be set up. |
| For stand-by power, a 33KV power supply will be taken from 132/133 KV APTransco sub-stations. |
| For the Hyderabad system, SREI and its consortium members would design, develop, finance, build, operate, maintain and transfer the MRTS to GoAP after the expiry of the concession period. |
| The other consortium members included SMRT Corporation Ltd (SMRT), a holding company in transportation based in Singapore providing train, bus and taxi services and also maintenance consultancy and project management services in railway systems. |
| Another member was Essar Construction of the Essar group, with an asset base of $4.4 bn and turnover of over $2.08 bn. |
| Another member was Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics), which specialises in the design, development and integration of advanced electronics systems, rail and traffic management, intelligent building management, information security and m-commerce solutions. |
| Sembcorp Engineers, Asia's largest integrated logistics provider, was also a member. |
| Hyderabad has a population of 7 million and is today one of the fastest growing cities in India. |
| Hyderabad was emerging as a centre for bulk drugs, pharmaceuticals, cement and other manufacturing industries and has of late, as a IT and ITES and biotech hub. |
| It was also a fast-emerging tourist and conference destination. |
| The rapid growth of urbanisation needed transportation solutions both for the city and the suburbs. |
| The GoAP endorsed this need for a intra-city mass transportation system and identified MRTS as the ideal solution. |
| The flexibility of MRTS in enhancing people-moving capacity would help the city to handle rising passenger traffic demand. |
| Hyderabad was suffering from overloaded streets and freeways, carrying traffic well beyond designed capacity. |
| The MRTS was expected to absorb increasing traffic growth in the years to come. |
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