The much-touted and also the much-delayed Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) might finally see the light of day with the organisation mandated to implement the project finally coming to shape.
The National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which is supposed to implement the RRTS project, has taken off with the joining of its new Managing Director Vinay Kumar Singh, who has become the first regular Managing Director of this newly-formed Corporation, a company under the Ministry of Urban Development.
Safety and comfort
The NCRTC has the mandate to design, develop, finance, operate and maintain the RRTS with an aim to provide fast, safe and comfortable rapid transit between Delhi and nearby NCR towns like Meerut, Panipat, Sonipat, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Manesar and Alwar.
Mr. Singh is an officer of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) 1988 batch and is a post-graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. He is a civil engineer and was the deputy chief engineer in-charge during Phase-I of the Delhi Metro Rail Project. He was also the first CEO of the High Speed Rail Corporation of India, besides working in other positions in the Indian Railways.
Eight corridors
The National Capital Region Planning Board has identified eight corridors for rail-based high-speed commuter transit system, including Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat (111 km), Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut (90 km), Delhi-Gurgaon-Rewari-Alwar (180 km), Delhi-Hapur (57 km), Delhi-Khurja (83 km), Delhi-Ballabgarh-Palwal (60 km), Delhi-Baghpat (56 km) and Delhi-Rohtak (70 km).
Of these identified corridors, a task force set up by then Planning Commission prioritised three corridors — Delhi-Alwar, Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Meerut — at an estimated cost of Rs.72,170 crore.
The RRTS project is expected to facilitate quick commute for passengers between Delhi and NCR towns. The RRTS trains are expected to have a design speed of 180 kmph with high acceleration and deceleration.
The project will facilitate passengers to commute quickly between Delhi and NCR towns
