Lucknow . NCRTC has completed the work of connecting bridges on the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor. After the completion of Phase-I corridor from Delhi to Meerut, rapid rail is expected to be operational by the beginning of 2025. The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has claimed to have completed the construction of the entire bridge for the Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail route from New Ashok Nagar station in Delhi to Meerut South in Uttar Pradesh. The 17 km long priority section of this route between Sahibabad and Duhai was opened to the public on October 21 this year. Officials said the work of laying the track will start after the completion of the viaduct. An NCRTC spokesperson said, “The civil work to construct the viaduct has now been completed and the track laying work has started. He said last week a trial-run to extend the route from the priority section to the entire stretch from Ghaziabad to Meerut was started up to Meerut South station. Officials said that this year has been very fruitful for this mass rapid transit system which is being developed for the first time in the country. He said that 2023 began with the beginning of trial runs on the priority section.
Trial of maximum speed of 160 kmph
During these trial runs, various sub-systems of the RRTS, such as rolling stock, ETCS-2 signaling on the network, ballastless track and overhead equipment were independently tested and subsequently tested to ensure their safety and compliance. Coordinated with others. Implementation and compatibility. In June, the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) approved operation of NaMo Bharat train services on the priority section, becoming the first railway system in the country to open for operations on the entire section with a maximum operating speed of 160 kmph. Went. Officials said, “Most of the civil construction work at Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station has been completed. Currently finishing, electrical and maintenance work is going on. Similarly, civil construction work is being done for the concourse and platform level at New Ashok Nagar station.
There will be a total of four underground stations in Meerut.
“An NCRTC spokesperson says tunneling work in the Delhi underground section has been completed, and construction of concourse and platform levels at Anand Vihar station has been completed. Now flooring work is going on. Officials said the tunneling work for the entire Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor, which was started in February, was also successfully completed in August. This corridor has a total of four underground stations at Anand Vihar in Delhi and Meerut Central, Bhainsali and Begumpul in Meerut. To construct these tunnels, more than 80,000 pre-cast sections have been used. According to an NCRTC official, these high precision pre-cast tunnel segments were cast at the state-of-the-art casting yards established at Karkardooma, New Delhi and Shatabdi Nagar, Meerut. “The diameter of the RRTS tunnels is 6.5 meters which is highly optimized compared to the global benchmark of tunnels for similar design speed of 180 kmph with wider and higher rolling stock.”