The Red Line is a part of the

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system in

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. The line is 29.21 km and spans 27 stations from

Miyapur Miyapur ( ), located northwest of Hyderabad, is part of Greater Hyderabad and administered by GHMC and developed by HMDA. Transportation is managed by UMTA. Miyapur has many lakes, and upscale residential apartments. The Jawaharlal Nehru T ...

LB Nagar Lal Bahadur Nagar, commonly known as L. B. Nagar, is a commercial and residential hub in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was once a Municipality in Ranga Reddy district. Demographics India census, L.B. Nagar had a population of 261,987. Males ...

. It was funded by a

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(PPP), with the state government holding a minority equity stake. A special purpose vehicle company, L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd (L&TMRHL), was established by the construction company

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(L&T) to develop the Hyderabad Metro rail project. The

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(''Bhoomi Puja'') for the project was conducted on 26 April 2012, and construction began with pillar erection on the same day. A stretch of the Red Line from Miyapur to

Ameerpet Ameerpet is a residential hub located in the north-west part of Hyderabad, Telangana. Basically was gifted by then 6th Nizam of Hyderabad ( Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI). History The land was gifted by then 6th Nizam of Hyderabad ( Mahbub Al ...

, with 11 stations, was inaugurated on 28 November 2017 by Prime Minister

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, and opened to the public the next day The remaining section from Ameerpet to LB Nagar was opened on 24 September 2018. The line spans over 29km covering 27 stations.

Construction

Red Line sections were opened as indicated below.

Stations

There are 27 stations on the Red Line. All stations are elevated.

References

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