Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to inaugurate India's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) on October 20. He will inaugurate the 17-kilometre priority section on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor in Ghaziabad. In the first phase, the rapid rail service is going to start from Sahibabad to Duhai, which is about 17 kilometres long.


During this period, this train will stop at 5 stations, which are Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar, Duhai, and Duhai terminals. The Delhi-Meerut RRTS will cover 82 kilometres in just an hour's time once it is completed in 2025. The RRTS is being developed by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), a joint venture involving the Government of India and the state governments of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. 


Here Are The Details:



  • The construction of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor was started in 2019. The first look of the RRTS train was unveiled a year later.

  • The trains have a look similar to metro trains, but their coaches are equipped with features like luggage carriers and mini-screens.

  • The 82km stretch from Delhi to Meerut will be covered in less than 60 minutes by highspeed, high-frequency, safe, reliable, comfortable and green public transit. 

  • As far as the ticket price is concerned, the minimum fare of the rapid rail can be kept at Rs 15 to Rs 20, and the maximum fare can be kept up to Rs 160.

  • The shortest route of this rapid rail corridor is 2 to 5 km, and the maximum route stretches up to 60 km more. PM Modi will purchase the first ticket of the Rapid Rail.

  • All stations and trains will have universal accessibility for the specially-abled. Each train will have a business class with wider seats, more legroom, and coat hangers and a ladies coach. The trains will also come equipped with a vending machine facility.

  • RRTS stations will be seamlessly integrated with other transport modes like airport, railway, metro, ISBTs etc. and will be inter-operable ensuring that change of train is not required for moving from one RRTS corridor to another.

  • The RRTS scheme was made with the main objective of making the RRTS system easy and convenient for passengers, as well as encouraging people to use public means as much as possible.

  • Rapid Rail is going to be the first railway system in the country, which is a high-speed rail network whose speed can range from 160 km to 180 km.

  • This model has been developed under the Multi-Model Integrated Transportation System to be used in rapid rail. The effort has been completely built in Gujarat, India. This rapid rail will have a total of six coaches, of which one has been reserved for women.