Track-laying activities, along with electric traction and signalling work, are underway in the New Ashok Nagar-Sahibabad section, officials said here.
The Transport department of Delhi government has floated a draft cabinet note for an amendment to the Delhi-Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror, or Delhi-SNB, corridor a stretch of Alwar corridor – seeking comments from Planning, Law, and Finance departments, said a senior government officer.
The first section of the Namo Bharat trains will start from October 21, while the entire 82.15-km RRTS corridor will be fully operational around June 2025
Alstom is also making freight locomotives for the Indian Railways, setting up rail tracks and supplying components.
Designed and built to move passengers at 180 kmph, these trains are expected to reduce the travel time between Delhi and Meerut by 40 percent.
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has revealed the first look of high-speed RRTS train that would cover a distance of 82 km between Delhi and Meerut within an hour. The trial runs on the priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor are expected to begin this year.
According to the statement issued by the NCRTC, the nodal agency executing the first RRTS project of the country, the entire rolling stock for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor will be manufactured in India, marking 100 percent local manufacturing.