Hyderabad, Nov. 16 -- Telangana Information Technology Minister D. Sridhar Babu said on Saturday that real-time Hyderabad Metro Rail schedules are now live on Google Maps, following the state government's release of the city's full transit dataset in an open, standardized format.
The minister said the Open Data Telangana portal, working jointly with Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, has published the complete General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) dataset covering all three metro corridors, 118 stations and 6,958 scheduled trips every week.
He noted that the globally accepted GTFS standard enables automatic syncing of schedule changes or delays with Google Maps and other navigation apps, giving commuters live train arrival updates, route o...