UNIVERSAL DESIGN

CASE STUDY –
HI-TECH CITY
METRO STATION
• -20041AA097
• R. DHATRIKA
• HITEC City Metro Station is located on the Blue Line of the Hyderabad Metro.
• Hitec City has three-level stations, having an estimated height of up to 60 feet or 18 metres.
• Hitec City metro station is near National Institute of Fashion Technology Hyderabad and
Hyderabad Next Galleria mall (PVR icon multiplex).
• A dedicated skywalk connects the metro station to the Next Galleria mall.
• HITEC City metro station is the most busiest metro station in Hyderabad, with daily footfalls
of around 42,000 commuters.
• There are shuttle services from Hi-tech metro station to nearby IT companies like Microsoft,
Value Labs and Raheja Mindspace to improve the last mile connectivity.

HI TECH CITY
SIGNAL

METRO STATION
METRO AS A DISABLED FRIENDLY SYSTEM FACILITIES PROVIDED :

1. Ramp
• L&T METRO RAIL HYDERABAD LIMITED HAS
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED THE METRO RAIL SYSTEM 2. Wheelchairs

AS A DISABLED FRIENDLY SYSTEM.

3. Lifts with handrails

• SPECIAL CARE WAS TAKEN WHILE DESIGNING AND 4. Wheelchairs

BUILDING THE METRO TO CATER THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT AND THOSE 5. Braille

WHO USE WHEELCHAIRS, VISUAL, HEARING, SPEECH

AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.
• THE STATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE BARRIER-
FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED.
6. Tactile strip
7. “grab hold” in the train
8. Every station will have special toilets with grab bars and supports
to help the physically challenged.

9. Wide automatic fare collection gates have been provided for

wheelchair passengers.

10. For those with speech impairment, ticket vending machines are
being designed to help them.
PLAN
 FACILITIES
1. Braille 4. wheel chair area in metro rail 6.Lifts with handrails

2.WHEELCHAIRS
3. WHEEL CHAIR 5. TICKET VENDING 7. LIFT WITH RAMP 8. HAND RAILS IN
ACCESS MACHINE AND HAND RAILS. METRO RAIL.
8. Tactile strip at
entrance, ticket counter,
toilets, paths
PROBLEMS
1. NO RAMP PROVIDED AT ENTRANCE 2. DRAINAGE OPENINGS AT WALKWAYS 4. NO PROPER RAMP AND PROVIDED
LEVELS RAMP ID BLOCKED USING STEEL RODS.

3. STEEL RODS PROVIDED IN BETWEEN THE

WALKWAY
SOLUTIONS
1. PROVIDING PROPER 2. PROVIDING PROPER PATHWAY 3. IDEA IS TO GIVE THE RAILING WITH
RAMP WITH RAILING. AT ENTRANCES. THE BRALIE SCRIPTS.
HAS TO GIVE THE PROPER RAILINGS
FOR ABLE TO WALK.