RRTS could hit the tracks sooner than expected
The Hindu
Trial runs could begin by the middle of 2022
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) hopes to deliver what it promised a year in advance with the construction of the Capital’s biggest transport hub, the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) station in Sarai Kale Khan, unfolding at a faster pace than expected.
The high speed rail project, once completed, will connect the Capital with neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan through journeys which will be reduced to minutes from hours aboard trains moving at a speed of up to 180 kilometres per hour.
The 82-km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor, at the core of which is the Sarai Kale Khan station in the heart of the Capital, consists of a 17-km-long priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai, which was targeted to be functional from 2023.
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