RRTS corridor comes live — with fastest metro

Country’s first RRTS corridor will cut travel time between Delhi and Meerut to under an hour

- DHRUVAKSH SAHA

The ₹30,274 crore Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), connecting Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut to the heart of the national capital, became fully operational on Sunday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating it along with the Meerut Metro.

The country’s first RRTS corridor, designed for a top speed of 180 kilometres per hour (kmph), with an operational speed of 160 kmph and an average speed of 90 kmph, will cut travel time between the two cities to under an hour. This may be one of the fastest metro services in the country. The corridor, which began operations in 2023 on a 17 km stretch between Sahibabad and Duhai in Uttar Pradesh, now spans 82.15 km and connects to the newly inaugurated Meerut Metro. The crucial stretch between Sarai Kale Khan — central to the larger RRTS plan for Delhi — and New Ashok Nagar was inaugurated on Sunday, enabling end-to-end travel for commuters.