Hyderabad, India

Hyderabad (????????? in Telugu, ???????? in Urdu), the 5th largest metropolis of India http://www.world-gazetteer.com/t/t_in.htm, is the capital of the present day State of Andhra Pradesh. It is known for its rich history and culture with monuments, mosques, temples, and a rich and varied heritage in arts, crafts and dance. Hyderabad and Secunderabad are Twin cities, separated by Hussain Sagar (also known as Tank Bund), an artificial lake constructed during the time of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali in 1562.

Transportation & City Infrastructure

The Hyderabad Airport at Begumpet is well linked to other cities in India and to international destinations including the Middle East, Southeast Asia, especially Singapore and Malaysia, and most recently to Newark, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois, United States. A new International Airport is being constructed at Shamshabad in the outskirts of the city, and once complete, it will handle the international traffic in Hyderabad.

Related Topics:
Begumpet - Middle East - Southeast Asia - Singapore - Malaysia - Newark, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois - United States - Shamshabad

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During the last few years, several flyovers have been constructed in various parts of the city to ease traffic congestion and several roads have been widened to 6-lane roads (3 on either side) in order to improve the speed of traffic movement. However, the average speed of traffic is still slow by international standards, with traffic traveling at 35km/h (22mph) on major surface arterials where they would ideally be travelling at 60-70km/h (37-43mph). Hence

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the dire need for a mass rapid transit system, which would help ease congestion significantly.

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Road transport

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Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC official web site) established in 1932 started as a unit of the Nizam State Railways-Road Transport Division with 27 Buses. Now with about 19,000 strong bus fleet, APSRTC is the largest state transport undertaking in the world and entered Guinness Book of World Records.

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The APSRTC operates point to point bus services which connect important places within the city, with a very good frequency. APSRTC has several kinds of services like the

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• Veera,
• Metro Express and an
• Ordinary service.

Veera and Metro express are luxury and semi-luxury services respectively, and have few stops between any two points in the city. This enables passengers to commute quickly between any two places within the city. Information about APSRTC

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Rail transport

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Hyderabad has a light rail transportation system known as the Multi Mode Transport System (MMTS) (MMTS Photo feature). The MMTS connects various parts of the city with

Related Topics:
Multi Mode Transport System

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Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Lingampally and Faluknama.

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Hyderabad is also currently scheduled to get a Metro system to help ease urban congestion. The Konkan Skybus is also in the running.

Related Topics:
Metro - Skybus

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