Delhi-Meerut RRTS: Construction Of Rapid Rail System And Meerut Metro Service Gains Pace

With the installation of 10 launching gantries to speed up viaduct construction, the construction work of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) and Meerut Metro is in progress.

According to NCRTC, 10 launching gantries have been installed and in addition two more gantries are going to be installed. This is an important step towards implementing the regional connectivity in Meerut.

In the Meerut section, the length of the corridor from Meerut South RRTS station to Modipuram depot is 23 km, of which 18 km is elevated, while the rest is underground.

At present, out of the 18 km elevated section, viaduct construction has already been completed in more than 11 km and now viaduct construction in the remaining 7 km is progressing rapidly.

NCRTC is using pre-cast segments for viaduct construction and piers are being constructed at a distance of around 34 m on the corridor and at the places with a distance of more than 34 m, special steel spans are installed for viaduct construction.

For the convenience of the commuters of Meerut, four stations of RRTS and 13 stations of Meerut Metro are being constructed within Meerut.

These will include Meerut South, Shatabdi Nagar, Begumpul (underground) and Modipuram RRTS stations, on which both RRTS and Meerut Metro services will be available. Partapur, Rithani, Brahmapuri, Meerut Central (underground), Bhainsali (underground), MES Colony, Daurali, Meerut North and Modipuram Depot are additional Meerut Metro stations that will provide services with a three-coach metro train.

Civil construction work at Meerut South, Partapur, Rithani and Shatabdi Nagar stations is in the final stages and currently finishing work is in progress. Along with this, the work of pre-fabricated roof construction has also started in these elevated stations.

The construction work in the underground stations of Meerut is also in the final stages and track laying activities have been started.

It is noteworthy that the construction of the tunnel, to connect the three underground stations of Meerut, has already been completed and track laying activities are currently in progress.