Hyderabad, Jan. 12 -- The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) on Sunday, January 12 announced the route map for the second phase of the city's metro expansion, connecting LB Nagar to Hayat Nagar.

The new route will constructed along the length of 7.1 kilometers and will include six metro stations. The new route to Hayath Nagar is an extension of the existing Hyderabad Metro network, which already includes the Miyapur-Patancheru line (13.4 km) and Corridor I, running from Miyapur to LB Nagar (29 km). With the addition of the Hayath Nagar route, the total connected distance will stretch across about 50 km, covering the entire length from Patancheru in the northwest of the city to Hayath Nagar in the southeast.

The expansion aims to ease t...