In January 2011, it became India's first airport to transport more than 30,000 tonnes (66,000,000 lb) of temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products. The airport has one of the longest runway (4260 metres) in India, and caters to high passenger and cargo volumes. As of 2010, The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad has been judged among the world's top airports in the category of serving 5–15 million passengers, according to Airports Council International, and the world's fifth best airport, according to Skytrax. The new and modern airport at Shamshabad replaced the old Begumpet Airport, on 2 March 2008. In 1935, Hyderabad's Hakimpet air base was linked with international flight services. See also: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport electric buses are used in this airport bus service. Pushpak (for Airport Connectivity, air-conditioned).
City and Suburban buses constitute the primary mode of transport in Hyderabad. Ĭity buses are deployed from their respective depots which shall have jurisdiction over the staffing and frequency of services. Within the municipal limits of the city, TSRTC plies intercity and interstate buses from Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, Uppal Bus Station, Charminar Bus Station, Dilsukhnagar Bus Station, Koti Bus Station, Rathifile Bus Station, Ghatkesar Bus Station, Afzalgunj Bus Station, Medchal Bus Station, Sanathnagar Bus Station, ECIL Bus Station and Secretariat. Hyderabad has an extensive intracity, intercity/regional and interstate bus service network operated by TSRTC, backed by the Government of Telangana. Bus Telangana State Road Transport Corporation The latter is an expressway stretching 158 km, built to provide orbital linkage between arterial radial roads within the city, as well as to offer connectivity the National Highways. The Road Network in Hyderabad is characterised by a concentric network of Inner Ring Road and Outer Ring Road. An extension of this Expressway further to Shamshabad was mulled in 2018. The first Expressway in Hyderabad connecting Mehdipatnam and Aramgarh opened for public in 2009 to ease connectivity to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport located in Shamshabad, and named after the former Prime Minister P V Narsimha Rao. Hyderabad has a vehicle population of nearly 48 lakhs and is the highest after Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai. Hyderabad is integrated into the National Highway Network of India through NH 44, NH 65, NH 163, NH 765, NH 765D, while four State Highways SH1, SH4, SH 6, SH 19 originate/terminate in Hyderabad. 1.1.1 Telangana State Road Transport Corporation.