India's first semi high-speed regional rail services named 'RAPIDX'

Category : National Published on: April 13 2023

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India's first semi-high-speed regional rail services have been named 'RAPIDX' by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC).
The trains will run on the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridors, being implemented to connect key urban nodes across the National Capital Region (NCR).
A joint venture company of the Union government and states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the NCRTC is tapping green energy by the installation of solar panels on stations and depots as well as the use of blended power in traction which is planned to be increased progressively.
The RAPIDX services on the first RRTS corridor, Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, will serve this 82-km long corridor and will bring down the travel time between Delhi to Meerut significantly.
The priority corridor between Sahibabad and Duhai, a 17 km stretch is expected to start from this month.
NCRTC is targeting to commission the entire Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor for the public by 2025.