One pass for Metro and city buses — but is Rs 8,500 a month worth it?

Hyderabad Stories published this report on 11 October 2026. It was drafted with AI assistance from the reports listed at the end, each read in full; quotations are as those reports printed them. Photo above — File photo: a Blue Line train at Ameerpet Metro station.

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka launched a common pass for Hyderabad Metro and TGSRTC city buses on Friday, 2 October 2026.

What it costs

• One day: Rs 400
• One month: Rs 8,500, valid for 30 calendar days
• First-time buyers pay a refundable Rs 100 card fee.

It is valid on Metro services and on eligible city buses within the Outer Ring Road, excluding Pushpak airport buses, and is sold at Metro stations; a digital weekly bus pass is also available on the MeeTicket app for Rs 600. Ministers including Ponnam Prabhakar bought one-day passes to ride the Metro from Begumpet and then a bus.

The reaction

Commuters welcomed the integration, especially for first- and last-mile bus connections — but many questioned the monthly price. "First time in history, the monthly pass is more expensive than a month's ticket," one user wrote on X; others said Rs 8,500 was hard to justify against their usual Metro fares. The government said the pass is meant to make transfers easier and encourage public transport; no response to the price complaints had been reported.

Sources

• Rs 400 daily, Rs 8,500 monthly: RTC–Metro common pass available from today — Deccan Chronicle, 2 October 2026
• TGSRTC–Metro common pass draws mixed response from commuters — Telangana Today, 2 October 2026