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JE News Desk: The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) on Tuesday approved the operation of RAPIDX service on the Delhi-Meerut semi-high speed rail corridor (RRTS). The approval has been given for a 17-km priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor between the Sahibabad and Duhai Depot.

The Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor is set to become India’s first railway station with trains running at a maximum operational speed of 160 kmph in the entire stretch.

Earlier, the Ministry of Railways had sanctioned rolling stock (train sets) with a design speed of 180 kmph and an operational speed of 160 kmph, the officials said, as reported by news agency PTI.

Reportedly, multiple Independent Safety Assessors deeply inspected the protocols undertaken by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) for implementing this world-class new-age transportation infrastructure project.

The semi-high-speed regional rail service was given the name ‘RAPIDX’ by NCRTC, which is a joint venture company of the Centre with the governments of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

“In the last year, more than one independent safety assessor have rigorously examined the processes deployed by the NCRTC for implementing the transit infrastructure project. Thus, the system has been thoroughly scrutinised and only after clearances, it has received approvals from the Ministry of Railways and the CMRS (Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety)," news agency PTI quoted NCRTC officials as saying.

The construction work on the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor commenced in June 2019. The NCRTC aims to commission the entire 82-km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut stretch for the general public by 2025.

The foundation stone of the corridor was laid down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2019. The entire 82-km stretch will connect Delhi, Ghaziabad, and Meerut.

How RRTS Is Different From Metro And Conventional Railway

According to the information given on the NCRTC website, RRTS is different from Metro as it attracts passengers who want to travel a relatively long distance with fewer stops and at a higher speed.

It is also different from the conventional Railway as the RRTS train will provide high-frequency, point-to-point regional travel along the dedicated pathway.