Hyderabad, India

Hyderabad  is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Musi River in the Deccan Plateau in southern India. The city has an area of 650 square kilometres (250 sq mi) with a population of 6.8 million, and the metropolitan area contains 7.7 million residents, making it the fourth most populous city and the sixth most populous urban agglomeration in the country. As of 2011, the city had per capita annual income of Indian rupee () 44,300. The city was expanded in 2007 to form the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Hyderabad confronts substantial urban pollution, traffic congestion, overpopulation and other logistic and socio-economic problems.

In Hyderabad, public transport such as buses, auto rickshaws and multi modal railways are the most frequently used transport by the residents.

auto-rickshaws

 The composition of vehicles in Hyderabad are—75% two-wheelers, 14% cars, 1% taxis, 4% goods vehicles, 2% buses (including 3,800 RTC buses) and 4% other vehicles (including 71,000 auto rickshaws)

The bus service, governed by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC), is the most frequently used means of public transport within the city.

The GARUDA APSRTC Bus

According to the Guinness World Records (2005), APSRTC operates the world's largest fleet of buses, estimated to carry 13 million passengers a day. Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, located at center of the city, is the main bus station. Parallel to APSRTC under the sponsorship of the Setwin, minibuses are available.

The Secunderabad Railway Station is the headquarters of the South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways and the largest railway station in Hyderabad.

Secunderabad Railway Station

Other major railway stations are Hyderabad Deccan Station, Kachiguda Railway Station and Begumpet Railway Station.Hyderabad's light rail transportation system, known as the MultiModal Transport System (MMTS), is used by over 150,000 passengers daily, as of 2010.

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport  was inaugurated in 2008, replacing the previous Begumpet Airport. As of 2010, the Airports Council International (ACI), an autonomous body representing world airports,

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

had judged RGIA as the world's best airport in the category of serving 5–15 million passengers, and world's fifth best airport for Airport service quality.