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| name = Ameerpet
| type = [[Hyderabad Metro]] [[List of Hyderabad metro stations|station]]
| style = Hyderabad Metro
| image = Ameerpetmetroyellareddyguda.jpg
| address = Sanjeevareddy Nagar Road, [[Ameerpet]], near to Yella Reddy Guda road, Maitrivanam,Hyderabad-500016, India
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| line1 = Blue | left1 = Begumpet |right1= Madhura Nagar
| line2 = Red | left2 = S.R. Nagar |right2 = Punjagutta
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'''Ameerpet metro station''' is an interchange metro station between the Red Line and Blue Line of the [[Hyderabad Metro]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/ameerpet-metro-station-gets-e-bikes-eateries/article24500899.ece|title=Ameerpet metro station gets e-bikes, eateries|newspaper=The Hindu|date=24 July 2018|accessdate=16 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ltmetro.com/metro_stations/ameerpet/|title=station detail}}</ref> The Ameerpet Inter-change Metro Station is one of the largest metro stations in India with a sprawling premises over {{convert|200,000|sqft}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/eight-important-facts-about-the-hyderabad-metro/via-the-largest-metro-station-in-the-country/slideshow/61831641.cms|title=Via the largest Metro station in the country|website=Economictimes.indiatimes.com}}</ref> Ameerpet metro station is one of the busiest metro stations in Hyderabad with daily footfalls of around 32,000 commuters.<ref name="2020metro">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/hyderabad-metro-sees-record-46-lakh-passengers-new-years-eve-115183|title=Hyderabad Metro sees record 4.6 lakh passengers on New Year's Eve}}</ref><ref name="hyd221">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/metro-breaks-record-with-2-55l-footfall/articleshow/69076880.cms|title=Hyderabad Metro breaks record with 2.55 lakh footfall}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Ameerpetmetromall.jpg|thumb|Ameerpet metro outlets|alt=|left]]

The station was opened in 2017.

On 22 September 2019, a 27-year-old woman named K Mounika died in a freak accident when a concrete slab,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/techie-regrets-asking-wife-and-cousin-to-take-metro/article29484772.ece|title=Shouldn't have asked her to take Metro, says husband of Hyderabad freak accident victim}}</ref> which peeled off when she took shelter during rain,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/woman-dies-as-metro-wall-peels-off-falls-on-her/article29483360.ece|title=Woman dies as Metro wall peels off, falls on her}}</ref> fell off from a height of 9 metres at pillar number A-1053 of the Ameerpet metro station and hit her head.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/woman-dies-after-concrete-of-hyderabad-metro-rail-falls-on-her/articleshow/71245682.cms|title=Woman dies after concrete of Hyderabad Metro rail falls on her}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/27-year-old-woman-dies-after-concrete-chunks-at-metro-station-fall-on-her-6018625/|title=Hyderabad: 27-year-old woman dies after concrete chunks at Metro station fall on her|last=|first=|date=22 September 2019|website=The Indian Express|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/metro-commuters-fear-for-their-safety/articleshow/71249964.cms|title=Hyderabad: Metro commuters fear for their safety|last=|first=|date=2019-09-23|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-13}}</ref> She was admitted to Aster Prime Hospital in Ameerpet where she succumbed to her injuries. Hyderabad metro authority paid {{INR}} 20 lakhs as compensation to the victim's family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/woman-killed-hyd-metro-station-rs-20-lakh-mounika-s-life-what-about-accountability-109377|title=Woman killed in Hyd station: Rs 20 lakh for Mounika's life}}</ref> L&T said it would provide another Rs 15 lakh from an insurance company and job to a family member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/probe-begins-after-woman-killed-hyderabad-metro-station-109457|title=Probe begins after woman killed at Hyderabad Metro station}}</ref> A case was registered against L&T under Section 304-A (Negligence causing death) of the IPC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/lt-booked-for-death-at-metro-stn/articleshow/71266353.cms|title=L&T booked for death at Ameerpet Metro station}}</ref> A day after the incident, Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development [[K. T. Rama Rao]] instructed Hyderabad Metro Rail authorities to conduct a thorough investigation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/shoddy-maintenance-bares-safety-chinks-in-metro-project/article29493541.ece|title=Shoddy maintenance bares safety chinks in Hyderabad metro project}}</ref> and check all structures and facilities in detail to prevent such an incident from occurring again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/womans-death-raises-questions-on-hyderabad-metro-quality/1625495|title=''Woman''s death raises questions on Hyderabad Metro quality''}}</ref>

== Facilities ==
Ameerpet metro station is a busy commercial spot where there are several outlets selling apparel, biryani, [[shawarma]], tea etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/feb/02/romancing-the-city-in-metro-1933258.html|title=Romancing the city in metro}}</ref> L&THMRL has setup free wifi access units for commuters at Ameerpet metro station, in association with [[Atria Convergence Technologies|ACT]] Fibernet, as part of a pilot project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/111018/watch-videos-with-free-wifi-at-hyderabad-metro.html|title=Watch videos with free Wi-Fi at Hyderabad metro|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Hyderabad Metro}}

[[Category:Hyderabad Metro stations]]
[[Category:2017 establishments in Telangana]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2017]]

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Ameerpet metro station - Revision history

>Johnpacklambert at 15:56, 10 March 2021