Ghaziabad: The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) which has undertaken the 82-kilometre-long Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project to link Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut has planned to incorporate electric vehicle charging points in stations. The officials of NCRTC said that they have invited partners for the purpose and a detailed study will also be conducted at the earliest.
The first RRTS project in the country is pegged at ₹30,274 crore and will connect Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut. Once complete, the project will reduce travel time to 50-55 minutes. According to estimates of the detailed project report, the high-speed train network will attract about 800,000 passengers on a daily basis. It will also have 25 stations in the three cities.
“We are trying to make it convenient to the public and have planned to incorporate electric vehicle charging facilities at our stations.