text: LB Nagar will be extended to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad.Union government  pointed out to certain shortfalls in the Government of Telangana’s plan to build BHEL-Lakdikapul and Nagole to LB Nagar metro route. K. T. Rama Rao replied in a letter to Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri that the rejection is discrimination against Telangana. Hyderabad Airport Express Metro
  On 26 March 2018, a special purpose vehicle company, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML), was established by Government of Telangana to develop the Hyderabad Airport Metro Express. The  Airport Express Metro Corridor is proposed to have 27-km elevated,  on ground and a -km underground section to connect to the airport terminal. The airport route will have 9 elevated stations and one underground station. From Raidurg Metro terminal station, it will pass through Khajaguda Junction, touching Outer Ring Road at Nanakramguda junction, traverse along ORR to Shamshabad Airport through the existing dedicated Metro Rail Right-of-Way. Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao laid the foundation stone for Hyderabad Metro Airport Express on 9 December 2022. It will be built at an approximate cost of .In 2024, this route was cancelled by present Congress govt. 