Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail RRTS, meet India's fastest Metro Train: IN PICS

India will soon get its first Rapid Rail Transit System between Delhi to Meerut, using high speed India-made trains, that are said to be the fastest in India, having a top speed of 180 kmph, and a operational speed of 160 kmph. 

The trains are 100 percent Make-in-India with manufactured in Gujarat. The manufacturing facility at Savli will be delivering a total of 210 cars for the first RRTS corridor. This includes trainsets for operating regional transit services on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor and for local transit services in Meerut.

The modern RRTS trains are ergonomically designed with 2x2 transverse cushioned seating, wide standing space, luggage racks, CCTV cameras, laptop/mobile charging facility, dynamic route maps, auto control ambient lighting system, Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning System (HVAC) and other amenities. 

 

The air-conditioned RRTS trains will have Standard as well as Premium class (one coach per train) along with one coach reserved for women commuters.

A ceremony of handing over the manufactured trainsets to NCRTC was organised at the manufacturing plant of Alstom (earlier Bombardier), where the keys of the RRTS trainsets were handed over to NCRTC.

The construction work on the RRTS corridor is going on full swing. After the arrival of the trains, initial trial runs are expected to commence on the priority section by the end of this year. The 17 km Priority Section between Sahibabad to Duhai is targeted to be commissioned by 2023 and the entire corridor by 2025.