Team News Riveting
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) unveiled the first look of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS) on Friday in the national capital.
The 82 km-long RRTS corridor will be the first of its kind in India with a design speed of 180 kmph.
The prototype is scheduled to roll off the production line in 2022 and will be put into public use after extensive trials. NCRTC will procure 30 train sets of 6 cars each for operating regional rail services on the entire corridor and 10 train sets of 3 cars each for operating local transit services in Meerut.
The entire rolling stock for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor will be manufactured at Bombardier’s Savli plant in Gujarat. The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor is one of the three prioritised RRTS corridors being implemented in phase-1. The 82 km long Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut Corridor is the first RRTS corridor being implemented in India. The corridor will bring down the travel time between Delhi to Meerut by around one-third.
For the passengers, the RRTS train coaches will have transverse 2×2 seats, optimized aisle width with grab handles and rails for a comfortable journey for standing passengers, overhead luggage rack, mobile/laptop charging sockets, adequate leg room and on board Wi-Fi.
Double glazed, tempered large safety glass windows will offer passengers a panoramic view of the outside. The coaches will be equipped with a public announcement and display system, dynamic route map display, infotainment display, along with emergency communication facilities.
The train is designed for modern visual and audio announcements which orient passengers with information about next stop, final destination, etc. Automatic plug-in type wide doors will reduce air-friction and noise. CCTV, fire and smoke detector, fire extinguisher and door indicator are among other features.
Trains would run under Automatic Train Operation (ATO) to provide smooth ride with precise stopping accuracy and will also save energy.
