Inaugurated with much fanfare as Hyderabad’s next big rail hub, the ₹430-crore Cherlapalli terminal was envisioned as a modern, congestion-busting alternative to Secunderabad station. But seven months after opening, the terminal remains hobbled by poor access roads, inadequate public transport, incomplete infrastructure and a disconnect between vision and execution. While the facade screams ambition, the functionality is far from future-ready, finds V. Geetanath
Inaugurated with much fanfare as Hyderabad’s next big rail hub, the ₹430-crore Cherlapalli terminal was envisioned as a modern, congestion-busting alternative to Secunderabad station. But seven months after opening, the terminal remains hobbled by poor access roads, inadequate public transport, incomplete infrastructure and a disconnect between vision and execution. While the facade screams ambition, the functionality is far from future-ready, finds V. Geetanath