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

India's first trainset for the RRTS corridor has been handed over to NCRTC on May 7, 2022 in a function held in the presence of the Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India. Under the Make-in-India initiative, 100 per cent of these state-of-the-art RRTS train are manufactured in India at the Alstom’s factory in Savli, Gujarat. are are set to be the India's fastest metro trains to run on the Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut RRTS corridor. These RRTS trains will be the fastest trains in India, with a design speed of 180km/h, the operational speed of 160km/h and an average speed of 100 km /h. Here's an image gallery of the RRTS trains.

Arjit Garg|

Updated:May 07, 2022, 03:17 PM IST

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Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail RRTS

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.

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Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail RRTS

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.

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Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail RRTS

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.

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Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail RRTS

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.

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Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail RRTS

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.

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Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail RRTS

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.