NCRTC kicks-starts work on Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor

Work on the National Capital Region Transport Corporation's (NCRTC) Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor has started at Sarai Kale Khan alongside operational simulations in the virtual dimension. To be completed by 2025, the elevated Sarai Kale Khan station, measuring approximately 215 metres by 48 metres, is likely to accommodate six platforms and four lines for trains running up to 180 kmph. It will not just reduce travelling time to Meerut which will be between 40 and 60 minutes but also to the larger NCR which will soon include Alwar and Panipat. The 82-km long corridor is the first project of its kind to utilize spherical bearings to enable high speeds. The 17-km-long priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai on the corridor is destined to be commissioned by 2023. Both manpower and machinery have been mobilized and construction on the ground has begun at the construction site. On the other hand, operational simulations related to the integration of the station with existing modes of transportation in its vicinity have also begun. Puneet Vats, NCRTC Chief Public Relation Officer, informed that the Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station is important as all the three priority corridors of RRTS will converge and will be seamlessly integrated with the existing Hazrat Nizamuddin metro station, railway station and the Sarai Kale Khan ISBT. The RRTS corridor, which also proposes two foot over bridges for multimodal connectivity at Sarai Kale Khan, will have a total of 24 stations and will be elevated for around 70.5 km, with 11.5 km of its stretch underground. The rolling stock or coaches will be manufactured in Savli, Gujarat under the Make-in-India drive.