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Time of India
21-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Nearly entire Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor set to open by June
NaMo Bharat (Delhi-Meerut RRTS) and Meerut Metro ran together on the same tracks during a trial in Meerut LUCKNOW: Glimpse of the NaMo Bharat ( Delhi-Meerut RRTS ) and Meerut Metro running parallelly on the same infrastructure during trial run in Meerut on Tuesday. By the end of June, people can travel to Modipuram in Meerut in just 45 minutes from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi as the final phase of India's first Regional Rapid Transit System corridor is nearly complete. The 82-km long corridor, known as Namo Bharat corridor , is being implemented by National Capital Region Transport Corporation as a high-speed regional connectivity project. Key Highlights: NaMo Bharat (Delhi-Meerut RRTS) and Meerut Metro ran together on the same tracks during a trial in Meerut on Tuesday. By end of June, travel time from Sarai Kale Khan (Delhi) to Modipuram (Meerut) will be just 45 minutes. The 82-km Namo Bharat corridor is nearly complete and is India's first Regional Rapid Transit System. The project is implemented by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) as a high-speed regional connectivity initiative.
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
RRTS reaches Modipuram, final trial runs begin on Delhi-Meerut corridor
Meerut: The Namo Bharat train , part of the Regional Rapid Transit System ( RRTS ), has begun trial runs up to Modipuram — the final station on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now During Thursday's run between Shatabdi Nagar and Modipuram, the train traversed Meerut's underground section for the first time, NCRTC officials said. Chief public relations officer of NCRTC, Puneet Vats, said, "Until now, trials were being conducted at both ends of the operational corridor — New Ashok Nagar to Sarai Kale Khan and Meerut South to Shatabdi Nagar. This is a historic milestone as trains are now running across the entire Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor." He added that NCRTC would now evaluate the train's integration with various subsystems, including tracks, platform screen doors (PSDs), and the overhead power supply. Extensive trials, including high-speed tests reaching the design speed of 180 kmph, will follow in the coming days. Meanwhile, trial runs for the Meerut Metro are also underway on the Meerut South–Meerut Central stretch. For the first time in India, a local metro will share infrastructure with a regional transit system. The 23-km Meerut Metro corridor includes 18 km of elevated and 5 km of underground tracks, with 13 stations — three of them underground. The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS is the country's first such corridor and a joint venture between the central government (50%) and the governments of Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan (each holding 12.5%). The project, estimated at Rs 30,270 crore, will reduce travel time between Delhi and Meerut to just 50 minutes. The corridor includes 24 stations, with 70.5 km elevated and 11.5 km underground. Vats said the corridor is expected to be fully operational by June 2025.
