The Nationwide Capital Area Transport Company (NCRTC) on Saturday began the trial runs of Namo Bharat trains between Sahibabad and New Ashok Nagar RRTS stations, an announcement stated.
This 12 kilometres stretch of the hall goes to attach Sahibabad RRTS station in Uttar Pradesh to New Ashok Nagar RRTS station having two RRTS stations of Anand Vihar and New Ashok Nagar in Delhi, the assertion stated.
As soon as operational, it should supply the commuters a quick and environment friendly journey possibility between New Ashok Nagar and Meerut South RRTS station, lowering the journey time to lower than 40 minutes, it stated.
The Namo Bharat practice has been operated manually to examine the civil construction compatibility within the trials.
As testing advances, the NCRTC will perform complete evaluations to evaluate the practice’s built-in efficiency and its coordination with varied subsystems akin to tracks, signalling, platform display screen doorways (PSDs) and overhead energy provide techniques. Intensive trial runs, together with high-speed checks, are deliberate over the following few months, the assertion stated.
Anand Vihar RRTS station is predicted to turn into one of many busiest commuter transit hubs, with important day by day footfall on account of its proximity to a metro station serving two metro traces, a railway station and two ISBTs — one on the Delhi facet and the opposite at Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, it stated.
The NCRTC is making certain the seamless integration of those varied transit modes to supply commuters easy comfort and accessibility, making Anand Vihar RRTS station a mannequin for multi-modal integration, the assertion stated.
The New Ashok Nagar RRTS station is situated lower than 100 metres from the New Ashok Nagar Metro Station. To combine these two transport modes, the NCRTC will present a footbridge (FOB) connecting the concourse stage of the metro station to the concourse of the RRTS station, it acknowledged.
Moreover, two extra FOBs will improve accessibility on the New Ashok Nagar RRTS station’?one connecting Chilla Village and Mayur Vihar Extension, and the opposite close to the Historic Shiv Temple for simple entry to New Ashok Nagar residents. All these will present quick access to the residents of New Ashok Nagar, the assertion stated.
At the moment, Namo Bharat practice companies function over a 42 km stretch from Sahibabad to Meerut South, overlaying 9 stations. With the operationalisation of Sahibabad to New Ashok Nagar part, the operational size will enhance to 54 km with 11 RRTS stations, it acknowledged.
Delhi part has three stations of New Ashok Nagar, Anand Vihar and Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station. The work on the remainder of the part from New Ashok Nagar to Sarai Kale Khan station is within the last stage of building and observe laying actions are in progress, the assertion stated.
As soon as your complete 82 km hall is accomplished by the focused deadline of June 2025, the passengers will be capable to journey between Delhi and Meerut in lower than an hour, it added.