The estimated cost of the Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor is Rs 20,637 crore, with a construction timeline of five years.
New Delhi: Attention commuters. Soon, you will be able to travel from Noida International Airport to Delhi Aerocity in just 66 minutes as the 72-km-long Rapid Rail-Metro corridor that will connect Ghaziabad RRTS station with NIA in Jewar. The project is expected to be completed in 5 years and then a super-fast rapid rail will take you from the upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) to Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan in less than an hour.
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Officials dealing with the rail corridor said that the rapid rail service will be enabled by the 72-km-long Rapid Rail-Metro corridor, linking the Ghaziabad RRTS station with the NIA in Jewar.
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) officials have submitted a revised detailed project report (DPR) to the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA).
Giving details, Dr Arun Vir Singh, CEO of the Yamuna Authority, said that the DPR is under review by the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, with approval anticipated soon, as per an Indian Express report.
Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor: Check Cost, Deadline
The estimated cost of the Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor is Rs 20,637 crore, with a construction timeline of five years.
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Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor: Check Details
Once constricted, the Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor will integrate with the Delhi-Meerut RRTS at Ghaziabad, the Aqua Line Metro at Char Murti Chowk, and the Noida Airport at the Ground Transport Centre (GTC).
The Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor will feature 22 stations, including 11 RRTS-cum-Metro stations and 11 purely Metro stations, with provisions for 13 additional future stations.
Officials said the majority of the corridor will be elevated, with the final station at the NIA being underground.
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Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor to Offer Two Types of Services
Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor will offer two types of service types such as a fast RRTS service with speeds up to 114 km/h, stopping at limited stations, and a metro service with speeds of 46 km/h, stopping at all stations.
While the fast RRTS service will provide travel times of 56 minutes to Sarai Kale Khan, 66 minutes to Delhi Aerocity, 37 minutes to Ghaziabad, and 72 minutes to Meerut, and the normal RRTS service, operating at 84 km/h, will take an additional 13 minutes on each route.
Apart from this, the Rapid Rail-Metro Corridor will include a 10-km extension of the Aqua Line Metro between Char Murti Chowk and Knowledge Park V and subsume a proposed light rail transit between NIA and YEIDA Sector 21/Film City.
This new corridor is expected to handle approximately 326,000 daily passengers with a peak hour peak direction traffic (PHPDT) of 8,784 by 2030–31, growing to 757,000 daily passengers and a PHPDT of 23,957 by 2054-55.
