MD, HMRL NVS Reddy and CP, Cyberabad V.C. Sajjanar flagged off dedicated HMRL – Shuttle bus services of Microsoft from Hitec City Metro station to Microsoft campus
MD, HMRL Mr.NVS Reddy and Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad Mr. V.C. Sajjanar flagged off dedicated shuttle bus services of Microsoft from Hitec City Metro station to Microsoft campus today (Thursday) in the presence of Microsoft Vice President Mr. Rajiv Kumar and L&TMRHL MD Mr. KVB Reddy.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. NVS Reddy stated that already 20 IT/ITES companies have introduced shuttle services from Hitec City and Durgam Cheruvu stations to their respective campuses and they include Value Labs, Epam, Invesco, Verizon, Cambridge, ICICI Bank, Novartis, Hexagon, etc. He mentioned that L&TMRHL is also running “merry-go-round” services from Durgam Cheruvu and Hitec City Metro stations in Gachibowli and Financial District areas and that these shuttle services have become extremely popular. He has also indicated that with last mile connectivity slowly emerging, Metro ridership is steadily going up and that daily about 2.50 lakh passengers are using Metro Rail services.
Stating that Microsoft has an abiding commitment to environment sustainability, Vice President, Microsoft Mr.Rajiv Kumar indicated that introduction of shuttle services from campuses to Metro stations will benefit the employees and also reduce traffic congestion in this area.
Appreciating the initiative taken by L&TMRHL and the pro-active policies of HMRL, CP, Cyberabad Mr.V.C. Sajjanar made an appeal to other companies also to run similar shuttle services to reduce traffic congestion in Cyberabad area. MD, L&TMRHL Mr. KVB Reddy informed the gathering that several IT/ITES campuses are now making bulk purchase of Metro Smart Cards and those interested may contact Mr. Rishi Verma of L&TMRHL on 994915833.
L&TMRHL Chief Operating Officer Mr. Anil Kumar Saini, HMRL CEE Mr.DVS Raju, SE Mr. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, GM Mr.B.N .Rajeswar, DCP Mr.A. Balakrishna, Cyberabad DCP Mr. Vijay Kumar and other senior officers of HMRL, L&TMRHL and Cyberabad Police participated in the launching programme.
Shuttle Services currently running from Hitec City/DurgamCheruvu stations
S. No. | Company Name | Vehicle Type | No. of vehicles | Destination |
1 | Value Labs | Bus | 4 | Phoenix |
2 | JD Sports | Car | 2 | Raheja |
3 | Host Analytics | Car | 2 | Raheja |
4 | Epam | Car | 6 | Salarpuria Sattva |
5 | Cyber Shuttle | Tempo | 2 | IT Parks |
6 | Kony | Winger | 3 | Phoenix |
7 | Invesco | Winger | 4 | Phoenix |
8 | Callidus Cloud | Car | 3 | Raheja |
9 | Verizon | Winger | 4 | Raheja |
10 | Cambridge | Winger | 4 | Cyber Pearl |
11 | Commvault | Car | 2 | Ascendas IT Park |
12 | CDK Global | Winger | 2 | Raheja |
13 | DLF Nizam Cabs | Bus | 1 | DLF |
14 | SHE Shuttle | Bus | 2 | IT Parks |
15 | ICICI Bank | Bus | 6 | Financial District |
16 | Hexagon | Winger | 2 | Phoenix |
17 | DXC | Car | 1 | Raheja/DLF |
18 | United Health | Winger | 1 | Raheja |
19 | Novartis | Car | 3 | Salapuria Sattva |
20 | ZenQ | Winger | 2 | Ascendas IT Park |
21 | Microsoft | Car& Bus | 8 | Financial District |
Merry-go-round services by L&TMRHL
1. | DurgamCheruvu – Raheja Mindspace – Ascendas – iGate – DurgamCheruvu |
2. | Hitec City – Cyber Pearl – HSBC – Tech Mahendra – Hitec City |
3. | Hitec City – DLF – Hitec City |
4. | Hitec City – Waverock – Hitec City |