India’s First Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) to Run Every 5-10 Minutes on Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Corridor

DelhiDesk India’s first regional rapid transit system, RAPIDX, will be available every 5-10 minutes on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor. The air-conditioned trains will initially have six coaches, with the stations designed to accommodate nine. The trains will have 450 passenger seats, with one coach reserved for women and another premium coach. The entire corridor will be open to the public in 2025, with a 17km priority section from Sahibabad to Duhai set to be operational soon. The RRTS is a high-speed, high-frequency rail-based transit system with a design speed of 180kmph and an average speed of 100kmph.

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👉RAPIDX, the country’s first regional rapid transit system (RRTS), will be available at a gap of 5-10 minutes on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor.

👉The air-conditioned trains will initially have six coaches, but the stations are designed to accommodate nine if needed.

👉One coach will be a premium coach, and another will be reserved for women.

👉The entire corridor will be open to the public in 2025, but a 17km priority section from Sahibabad to Duhai will be made operational soon.

👉The train frequency for the priority section is yet to be decided.

👉RRTS is a first-of-its-kind, rail-based, high-speed, high-frequency regional transit system with a design speed of 180kmph and an average speed of 100kmph.

👉On the priority section, commuters will be able to complete their journey in 12 minutes.

👉After commissioning of the entire corridor from Delhi to Meerut, the travel time will reduce to 50 minutes from three hours.

👉The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor is expected to have a daily ridership of around 8 lakh and is estimated to reduce 2,50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

👉The trains and the RRTS stations will be monitored through CCTV cameras 24×7 for safety and security.

👉The trains have ergonomically designed seating, wide standing space, luggage racks, dynamic route maps, auto control ambient lighting system, heating ventilation and air conditioning system, and other amenities.

👉100% of train sets for RRTS are being manufactured in India at a plant in Savli, Gujarat, under the Make in India guidelines.

👉There are 25 stations on the corridor from Delhi to Meerut, and most of them have taken shape.

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