1st RRTS train to be given on May 7

The first train set of Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) will be handed over to the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) NCRTC in a ceremony in Gujarat’s Savli on Saturday. The NCRTC is establishing India’s first RRTS which is a rail-based, high-speed, high-frequency regional commuter transit system. The first train will be run on Sarai Kale Khan-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor.

According to the statement, the RRTS train sets are 100 per cent manufactured in India at Alstom’s (earlier Bombardier) factory at Savli in Gujarat under the Make in India initiative.