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RRTS: Priority sector trials to begin soon
The Morning Standard
|October 11, 2023
THE trial runs on the 17 kmlong priority corridor of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System RRTS) are all set to begin in a few days between Sahibabad and Duhai, MD of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation NCRTC) Vinay Kumar Singh said on Tuesday.
The trial run will begin in two weeks’ time.
Singh said that the priority corridor will be operational by March 2024 whereas the entire 82km-long corridor connecting Delhi and Meerut will be ready by June 2025.
The NCRTC plans to start operating trains at a 10-minute frequency to cover the distance between Sahibabad and Duhai in 55 minutes.
The distance between Duhai and Meerut South Station is about 25 km where the construction of the viaduct has been completed. The total length of up and down lines in this section is 50 km, of which more than half of the tracks have been laid.
That apart, traction works like mast cantilever erection etc. are being carried out.
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