On 26 March 2018, a special purpose vehicle company, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML), was established by the
Government of Telangana to develop the Hyderabad Airport Metro Express. HMRL Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy (Venkatsatyanarayan Reddy Nallamilli) is also Managing Director of HAML, which is jointly promoted by HMRL,
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and
Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC). In August 2019, TRS Working President, Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Industries and IT&C
K. T. Rama Rao said that the work on Hyderabad Metro Airport Express from Raheja Mindspace to
Shamshabad RGI Airport will start soon. The alignment to
Shamshabad RGI Airport from the
Raidurg metro station will be through the new
Khajaguda Link Road (Beside
CARE Hospitals). In March 2021, the
Government of Telangana allocated 1,000 crore for Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd in the 2021-2022 state budget. In September 2021,
GMR Group, the company operating the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad said that it will invest 519.52 crore towards metro connectivity at the airport. In March 2022,
Government of Telangana allocated to the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) in the 2022-2023 state budget. The
Government of Telangana announced funds worth 1,500 crore for the Hyderabad Metro Rail for land acquisition, preparation of detailed project reports and other developmental work, 377.35 crore for Airport Metro connectivity and 500 crore for Metro connectivity to the
old city (for initiating Corridor II- Green Line works from MGBS to Falaknuma; ). The Airport Express Metro Corridor is proposed to have elevated and a underground section to connect to the airport terminal. The airport route will have 9 elevated stations and one underground station. The metro viaduct will cross the junction near IKEA store at about high. From Raidurg Metro terminal station, it will pass over Bio-diversity Junction, through Roda Mistry college lane, Khajaguda Junction, touching
Outer Ring Road at Nanakramguda junction and traverse along ORR to Shamshabad Airport through the existing dedicated Metro Rail
Right-of-Way. In February 2023,
Government of Telangana allocated to the Hyderabad Airport Metro Express in the 2023-2024 state budget. On 18 February 2023, HMRL Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy informed that Nanakramguda junction metro station will be designed as
portal structure with three pillars and the station is required to be close to the junction. Nanakramguda junction metro station will be about from Wipro circle. In June 2023, Managing director of HAML, NVS Reddy informed that order for 11 metro trains with three coaches each will be placed by the end of 2023.
Foundation laying ceremony Chief Minister of Telangana
K. Chandrashekar Rao laid the foundation stone for Hyderabad Airport Express Metro at Mindspace Junction on 9 December 2022. It will be built at an approximate cost of . Hyderabad Airport Express Metro is a Telangana State Government funded project and will be completed by beginning of 2026. The existing corridor three (
Blue line) from Raidurg Station to the new Airport Metro Raidurg Station will be extended by about , The combined interchange station design is due to space constraints in front of L&T and Aurobindo buildings after IKEA junction. The first two levels will accommodate Airport Metro station and the top two levels will accommodate the extended blue line (Corridor 3) terminal station.
Pre-construction survey work for alignment finalization In December 2022, Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd (HAML) engaged two survey teams to gather ground data for alignment finalization and determining the station locations. In January 2023,
K. T. Rama Rao sought Central Government’s in-principle approval for Hyderabad airport express metro project. To expedite grounding of Hyderabad airport metro works, this pre-construction activity was taken up simultaneously. The survey work is done by using both the satellite based
Differential GPS and the Electronic
Total station. Till 14 January 2023, the survey of from
Raidurg metro station to Fort Grand underpass near Shamshabad was completed and remaining will be completed by January 2023 end. Thereafter, peg marking of the airport metro alignment will start. On 28 February 2023, HMRL Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy informed that survey for the airport Metro corridor is completed and peg marking of its alignment on the ground has begun. Aluminium boards with a retro-reflective sheet for visibility at night are also being embedded in the central median. On 27 March 2023, HMRL Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy informed that alignment has been fixed and peg marking for the Airport Metro project is completed.
Soil testing has commenced, through in-situ tests and laboratory tests of borehole soil samples up to a depth of about from road surface, before finalising the exact locations for the pillars. Soil testing would be done by engineering wing in 100 locations for erecting pillars, over a period of two months. On 26 April 2023, HAML Managing Director, NVS Reddy inspected the Shamshabad airport metro stretch of Airport Metro alignment of about on Rajendranagar hillock. On 30 April 2023, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy and others inspected
Delhi Airport Metro Express by travelling on it, examining the check-in facility on the city side at New Delhi station. On 15 May 2023, HAML Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy informed that provision has also been kept for construction of four additional stations in future.
Selection of General Consultant On 3 December 2022, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) invited
Expression of Interest (EoI cum
RfQ) for selection of General Consultant (GC) for the Design and Build (DB) of Airport Express. Technical experts and field engineers with sound domain knowledge and experience will be in the GC, to work in tandem with the techno-managerial team of HAML. The last date for Submission of EOI is December 13, 2022, and the last date for bid submission is January 20, 2023. Pre Application Conference for this was held in Hyderabad on 6 December 2022, Marigold Hotel, Green Lands, Begumpet. About 23 reputed national and international engineering consultancy firms participated in the meeting. By 21 December 2022, 5 consortiums applied for the
Request for qualifications (RfQ) for the General Consultants (GC) for the Hyderabad Airport Metro project. On 28 December 2022, after evaluation of their applications, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) declared that all the five consortia had qualified to participate in the next stage bid documents i.e., the
Request for proposal (RfP) and they will have to submit their bids by January 20, 2023. On 20 April 2023,
SYSTRA(France) +
RITES + DB Engineering & Consulting(Germany) was selected as the General Consultants (GC) for the Airport Metro project, based on the recommendations of a technical committee.
SYSTRA-led consortium got the highest technical score for its credentials and gave the lowest financial quote of to provide engineering consultancy services. The immediate task of the General Consultant was to prepare
engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tender documents for selecting the contractor for the Airport Metro Project. The
SYSTRA-led consortium would deploy 18 experts of different railway engineering disciplines and about 70 senior and field engineering personnel during the construction of Airport Metro Project.
Selection of Consultant for marking right of way (RoW) In December 2022, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) invited bids for clearing vegetation and marking
right-of-way (RoW) from Mindspace Junction to RGIA Airport. Consultants would be asked to finish the project within three months. The successful bidder would not be allowed to chop trees.
Invitation to tender for construction contracts On 15 May 2023, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited invited open tender for design and construction work of Airport Metro Line. The estimated contract value is and contract period is 3 years. The selected EPC Contractor must start the ground works of Hyderabad Airport Metro Express by September 2023. On 14 June 2023, a pre-bid meeting with prospective construction firms was held at the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) office, where 13 companies like
L&T,
Alstom, Siemens, Tata Projects
IRCON, RVNL, BEML,
Pandrol Rahee Technologies, etc. participated, who were informed that soil testing was underway. The original submission date was extended by 1 week and the bids are slated to opened on 12 July 2023. After the bids were opened on 13 July 2023, L&T & NCC Ltd (formerly Nagarjuna Construction Company) emerged as the two competing bidders for the Hyderabad Airport Metro project. The two construction firms have submitted security deposit of 29 crore rupees each in bank guarantees. L&T emerged as the lowest bidder, after the bids were opened on 14 August 2023. On 13 December 2023, the project was put on hold pending a realignment as directed by the
Chief Minister of Telangana. The reason cited was that scope for development was limited due to GO-111 restrictions. ==Finances==