Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor will bring substantial transformation to regional connectivity: PM Modi | UPDATES

• When this Meerut stretch completes after a year or a year and a half, I will be there at your service.
• Four years back, I laid the foundation stone of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Corridor project. Today, the services of Namo Bharat have started on the stretch from Sahibabad to Duhai Depot. I had said earlier too and I say it today as well - Jiska shilanyaas hum karte hain, uska udghatan bhi hum hi karte hain."

A significant enhancement to India's transportation infrastructure! The Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor will bring a substantial transformation to regional connectivity.

• Namo Bharat train has modernity, rapidity and amazing speed. This Namo Bharat train is defining the new journey and new resolves of New India.
• On this new train (Namo Bharat), from driver to the entire crew - they are all women. This is the symbol of growing women empowerment in India.
• I had the opportunity to experience travel on this ultra-modern train (Namo Bharat). I spent my childhood on the railway platform and today this new form of the railways is filling me with joy. This experience is delightful. We have the tradition of performing auspicious works during Navratri. India's first Namo Bharat train has received the blessings of Maa Katyayani today.

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• Now we have railway stations which are equivalent to airports
• Through these new trains, we are seeing a new Bharat
• The train will reduce travel time between Delhi and Meerut to a little less than an hour.
• Vande Bharat gave us a glimpse of new India. Today the most populous state in the country is witnessing new infrastructure. This is the effort of the double-engine government that today five cities of UP have metro rail services; In January, metro rail services will also begin in Agra. The construction of a ropeway service is also underway in Varanasi.

PM Modi interacts with school children and crew of RapidX train - 'NaMo Bharat' - connecting Sahibabad to Duhai Depot, onboard the train.

A total of eight RRTS corridors have been identified to be to be developed in NCR, out of which three corridors have been prioritised to be implemented in Phase-I including Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut Corridor; Delhi – Gurugram – SNB – Alwar Corridor; and Delhi – Panipat Corridor.

Such transformative regional mobility solutions will boost economic activity in the region; provide  improved access to employment, education & healthcare opportunities; and help in significant reduction of vehicular congestion & air pollution.

RRTS being developed in the country, is a state-of-the-art regional mobility solution, and is comparable to the best in the world. It will provide safe, reliable and modern intercity commuting solutions in the country. In line with PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, the RRTS network will have extensive multi-modal-integration with Railway stations, Metro stations, Bus services etc.

The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS being developed at a cost of more than Rs 30,000 crore, and will connect Delhi to Meerut in less than an hour of travel time going through the urban centres of Ghaziabad, Muradnagar, and Modinagar.

Assistant Manager Ali Hassan, working in the Operations and Maintenance Department of RRTS said, "We are all very happy about the high-speed rail that will be flagged off by the Prime Minister... This is a big success... The train will run at the speed of 160 km/hr, this is going to be fantastic..."

German Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann said, "I am very honoured and privileged to be here today...It is a fabulous project, the fastest train in India so far. It's a shuttle train that comes under NCRTC from Meerut to Delhi. It runs at a speed of 160 km/hr. It is run and operated by a German rail company Deutsche Bahn... I think it is a very interesting project also in the context of climate change, in the context of environmental protection because public transport will take away traffic from the roads. Germany and India have concluded the Green & Sustainable Partnership for Development. I think this is a very important step also. It makes it more carbon-free in a way...It is a fantastic addition to the NCR..."

The Congress took a swipe at PM Modi over the naming of trains of the RRTS as 'Namo Bharat', saying there is "simply no limit to his self-obsession". Reacting to it, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X, "After Namo stadium now Namo trains. "There is simply no limit to his self-obsession. A cricket stadium in Ahmedabad is named after Prime Minister Modi." Another Congress leader, Pawan Khera, said, "Why even put Bharat? Just change the name of the country to Namo and be done with it."

PM Modi is expected to travel 30-KM in 'Namo Bharat' train. As the first passenger, he will go from Sahibabad to Duhai station and come back from there.

Official sources have said that trains of the RRTS, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on Friday, will be known as 'Namo Bharat'.

The foundation stone for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor was laid by Prime Minister Modi on March 8, 2019. In line with his vision to transform regional connectivity in the country through construction of new world-class transport infrastructure, the  Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project is being developed, PMO said. READ MORE

The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor is slated to be inaugurated today (Friday)