Ghaziabad: The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which has undertaken the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project linking Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut with high-speed trains, has planned an emergency evacuation system (EES) for passengers. Sources on Friday said that the EES will be available in 16 locations across the 82-kilometre corridor for the safe exit of passengers in case of any emergency situation.
The ₹30,274 crore RRTS project has a deadline of June 2025. It will involve the operation of high-speed trains with a design speed of 180 kilometres per hour (kmph) and an average operating speed of 160kmph and will cater to about 800,000 passengers on a daily basis.
A 17-km-long fully-elevated ‘priority’ section of the project is scheduled to open next year and it will be the country’s first RRTS stretch to commence passenger operations. The trial run of train-sets on the ‘priority’ section has been scheduled for December.
