Four new trains of the Delhi-Ghaziabad Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) have reached Duhai Depot in Ghaziabad. At present, many types of static and dynamic testing of these trains are being done. India’s first RRTS, a rail-based, high-speed, high-frequency regional commuter transport system, is being built by the NCRTC and will connect Delhi and Meerut on the Sarai Kale Khan-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor.
Manufactured by Alstom, the first set of the trainset was dispatched from Savli in Gujarat on June 3 and was received by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) after traveling by road for 10 days. The first train set of RRTS was handed over to NCRTC on May 7 at a function organized at the manufacturing unit at Savli in Vadodara district.
Recently, the night trial of the first rake of the Delhi-Ghaziabad Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) was conducted. The video was shared on Twitter and netizens became even more eager for the arrival of the train.
Tracks have been laid for workshops, sheds have been prepared and preparations are being made to test the train at the depot. An administrative building has also been constructed at the depot for handling RRTS trains. read the statement.
It added that 11 stabling lines, two workshop lines and three inner-bay lines (IBLs) are being constructed for testing and maintenance of RRTS trains. Alstom has been awarded the contract to manufacture RRTS trains under Make in India, according to which they will deliver 40 train sets, including 10 three-car train sets for the Meerut Metro, with rolling stock maintenance for 15 years. are bundled, the statement said.