The South Central Railway (SCR) is planning to provide direct rail connectivity from major terminals of Lingampalli and Secunderabad to Umdanagar, which is the nearest station to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad.
In this connection, according to a press release, SCR general manager, PK Srivastava held a meeting with senior officials and discusseda about say senior SCR officials, giving a detailed plan of running diesel electric multiple unit,trains .
When asked specifically about the Umdanagar-Shamshabad rail connectivity, the officials claim that the GMR authorities had in-principle approved the rail link to the airport, but wanted to check with their project consultants about the proposed Metro Rail alignment and other related issues