Ghaziabad9 hours ago
The country’s first regional rapid rail ran at a speed of 150 kmph for the first time. It was trialled for the first time at such a high speed in 9 km between Ghaziabad to Duhai station. Earlier this train was run at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour. Although NCRTC says that the date of its final trial run will be announced soon.
Will run fully from March-2023
NCRTC spokesperson Puneet Vats said, in the first phase, the rapid train between Sahibabad to Duhai depot (17 km length) is to be operational in March-2023. All the preparations for the trial run are almost complete. He informed that Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar, Duhai and Duhai Depot stations are ready for trial run and their finishing is being done.
Train sets have been prepared at the depot located in Sanwali, Gujarat. Four such train sets have arrived at Duhai depot.
Rapid Rail was charged at 25 KV capacity
Rapid Rail coaches are being prepared at Alstom Company’s plant in Sanwali, Gujarat. So far four train sets have arrived at the Rapid Rail Depot located in Duhai, Ghaziabad. Here, all the parts of these train sets are being tested separately. For example, investigation is going on at sub system, rolling stock, OHE, track, telecom, signaling level. Current has been released in the OHE wire at a capacity of 25 KV for running rapid rail.
The trial was also held on January 3
Its first test took place on January 3, in which the rapid rail was run at a speed of 25 kmph. Now on January 17, this train was run at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour. It was run between Duhai Depot to Ghaziabad station. This was the first experience for all the engineers engaged in this project, when the rapid rail was run at such a high speed. Please tell that the maximum speed of Rapid Rail is 180 kilometers per hour.
In the first phase, the work of OHE wire from Duhai Depot to Sahibabad has been completed. Now it is being charged.
Train will pass through 2890 pillars in 82 km long corridor
- 2890 pillars are to be built on the 82 km long route, in which 1700 pillars have been built on the 41 km track. About 14 thousand laborers and 1100 engineers are working day and night on this project. The first station will be Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi and the last station will be Modipuram Depot in Meerut. There will be a total of 25 stations on this entire route.
- On the other hand, 16 emergency gates will be prepared between every two stations on the 70 km long elevated corridor from Sarai Kale Khan to Meerut. At the same time, a cross passage will be made every 250 meters on the 12 km long underground track to take the passengers to the second tunnel.
Three and a half kilometer long twin tunnel is being built
Tunnel has been made near Anand Vihar. The train will pass about 13 meters below the ground. Tunnel 6.5 m. Vyas is being built, which is a bigger size than other rail networks.
Under the Rapid Rail Corridor, three and a half kilometer long twin tunnels are being constructed in Meerut city. This construction is being done in three parts. In this way a total of six tunnels will be made. The length of all together will be about seven kilometers. The construction of all these six tunnels will be completed soon.
Tunnel number one is 1.84 km long
Rapid Rail’s tunnel number one is from Bhainsali to Metro Plaza. It is about to reach near railway road intersection. The 1.84 km long tunnel was inaugurated on April 9 this year. Work is going on on tunnel number three from Gandhi Bagh to Begumpul.
Second tunnel from Bhainsali to Metro Plaza
The work of the second tunnel is going on from Bhainsali to Metro Plaza. Its work will also be completed soon. Its machine has just reached Faiz-e-Aam Inter College. The twin tunnels are being built in three parts because three stations are underground. Presently three tunnel boring machines (Sudarshan) are engaged in digging and construction. The station portion is not constructed by tunnel boring machine but by cut and cover method.
Rapid train will pass through these 6 tunnels
- Bhainsali to Metro Plaza
- Metro Plaza to Bhainsali
- Gandhi Bagh to Begumpul
- Begumpul to Gandhi Bagh
- Bhainsali to Begumpul
- Begumpul to Bhainsali
Will be able to buy tickets from card and mobile
- The ticketing system of the rapid train will be unique in itself. If any passenger wants to travel in the premium coach of the rapid train, the ticket has to be punched twice at the Automatic Fare Collection Gate (AFC). The facility of these AFC gates will be similar to the ones you would have seen in Metro.
- Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor will have Automatic Fare Collection System i.e. AFC and QR code tickets. Tickets have to be generated from the NCRTC mobile app and its website before the journey. Entry in the train will be available only after scanning the QR code.
Train will reduce 2.50 lakh tonnes of carbon emissions every year
According to the Delhi School of Economics, the rapid train will reduce the pressure of 1 lakh vehicles plying daily on the Delhi-Meerut route. This will reduce carbon emissions by 2.50 lakh tonnes every year. The train will reduce 60 thousand tonnes of PM 2.5 particles from the environment every year. Along with this, nitrogen oxide particles will reduce by 4 lakh 75 thousand tonnes, hydrocarbon particles by 8 lakh tonnes, carbon monoxide particles by 8 lakh tonnes.