Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, MoHUA and Chairman, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), unveiled the first look of India’s first RRTS train.

The state-of-the-art RRTS rolling stock will be first of its kind in India with a design speed of 180 kmph. With radiating stainless steel outer body, these aerodynamic RRTS trains will be lightweight and fully air-conditioned.

The prototype is scheduled to roll off the production line in 2022 and will be put into public use after extensive trials.

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 1/3rd.

The other two Phase-I RRTS corridors are Delhi-Gurugram-SNB and Delhi-Panipat.

Source: Times of India