Namo Bharat Train: Trial run of Namo Bharat train begins on Delhi-Meerut corridor. Train will run from Sahibabad to New Ashok Nagar. Operations will begin on the 82 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor by June next year. This will make it possible to travel from Delhi to Meerut in less than an hour. Currently, Namo Bharat train operates on a 42 km section from Sahibabad station of RRTS to Meerut South.
Namo Bharat Train: Namo Bharat Train will soon start operating on the Delhi-Meerut corridor. For this, its trial run has been started between Sahibabad and New Ashok Nagar in Delhi. The target is to start operating this train on the 82 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor by June next year. This will make it possible to travel from Delhi to Meerut in less than an hour.
Currently, Namo Bharat Train operates in a 42 km section from Sahibabad station of Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) to Meerut South. With the running of Namo Bharat Train from Sahibabad to New Ashok Nagar, the length of the operated section of RRTS will increase to 54 km, which will have 11 stations. There are three RRTS stations in Delhi – New Ashok Nagar, Anand Vihar and Sarai Kale Khan.
Train run manually
Trial run started on Saturday in the presence of National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) Managing Director Shalabh Goyal and other senior officials. The train was run manually to check the civil structure.
Track, signaling, platform screen door (PSD) and overhead power supply etc. will also be checked. Other tests including high-speed test of the train will be completed in the next few months.
Important facts related to Namo Train
- Length of this section from Sahibabad to New Ashok Nagar: about 12 km
- Anand Vihar and New Ashok Nagar are two RRTS stations.
- Anand Vihar RRTS station will be the most crowded station. This station will connect two metro lines (Blue and Pink), Anand Vihar Railway Station and two ISBTs of Delhi and Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh). It is being developed as a model of multi-modal integration.
- New Ashok Nagar Metro Station is located less than 100 meters from New Ashok Nagar RRTS station. Both will be connected by a foot over bridge (FOB). To reach the RRTS station, there will be two FOBs from Chilla Village and Mayur Vihar Extension and from near the ancient Shiva temple.
