There is good news for commuters in Delhi-NCR that the 17 km long priority section of India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) connecting Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut is all set. Officials confirmed that the corridor between RapidX’s Sahibabad and Duhai depots – the official name of the RRTS – will be thrown open to the public early next month. The semi-high-speed regional rail service called ‘RAPIDX’ with speeds up to 180 kmph has been developed by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) – a central government initiative with the governments of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. a joint venture company.
The priority section will have five stations – Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar, Duhai and Duhai Depot – and will be operational by early June, ahead of its estimated time. NCRTC is targeting to open the entire Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor for public use by 2025, followed by RRTS services on other routes including Delhi-Karnal, Delhi-Alwar.
Priority section of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut #RRTS The corridor between Sahibabad to Duhai Depot is ready for operation. As per the timeline of the project, this section with five stations Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar, Duhai and Duhai Depot is to be commissioned by June 2023.… pic.twitter.com/JTvIivZIXi– National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (@officialncrtc) May 28, 2023
The rapid rail system will deploy modern metro trainsets manufactured by Alstom with features such as Wi-Fi, automatic gates, among other features similar to urban train networks in European countries. NCRTC is harnessing green energy by installing solar panels at stations and depots as well as using mixed power in traction, which is planned to be scaled up progressively.
According to NCRTC, ‘RAPIDX’ will connect people who prefer to live in their hometown in the National Capital Region (NCR), with Delhi through modern, sustainable, convenient, fast, safe and comfortable means of travel, officials said. Said.
The ‘RapidX’ services on the first Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor will significantly reduce the travel time between Delhi and Meerut. It is expected that once the corridor is completed, commuters will be able to travel over 80 km between Delhi and Meerut in under an hour at an average speed of over 100 kmph.
In addition, trains will be available at an interval of 10 minutes, providing ease of commuting for daily commuters. While the fare has not been fixed, reports say that the Delhi-Meerut RRTS will be affordable on the pocket for daily commuters, with each km traveling for less than Rs 2.