In five years, a super-fast rapid rail will take you from the upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) to Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan in less than an hour. Going to Delhi Aerocity, meanwhile, will take just 66 minutes.
This will be made possible by the 72-km-long Rapid Rail-Metro corridor that will connect Ghaziabad RRTS station with NIA in Jewar.
In a crucial step towards securing approval for the project, the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has submitted a revised detailed project report (DPR) with changes to the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA). Officials said with the new report, it is expected that the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet will give its nod to execute the project in this form.
Dr Arun Vir Singh, CEO, Yamuna Authority, said: “The DPR has been sent to the UP government; the Cabinet will take the final decision. Apart from the change in alignment, the major thing is how the project will be funded and which department will spend how much money. After these changes, we are hopeful to receive a nod from the government soon.”
Here are the details:
The project will integrate the Delhi-Meerut RRTS at Ghaziabad, Aqua Line Metro at Char Murti Chowk, and Noida Airport at GTC (Ground Transport Centre). It will have 22 stations — 11 will be RRTS-cum-Metro stations and the rest will be Metro stations. There will be a provision to incorporate 13 stations in the future.
Officials said a majority of the corridor will be elevated, except the last station at NIA which will be underground.
The proposed alignment starts from Ghaziabad RRTS station. It will then traverse along Vishwakarma Road (Siddharth Vihar/Pratap Vihar in Ghaziabad), Taj Highway, Char Murti Chowk and Greater Noida Link Road (Knowlege Park V). It will turn to Surajpur-Kasna Road, pass through Pari Chowk, Dankaur, YEIDA Sector 18, YEIDA Sector 21, and end at Ground Transport Centre (Noida International Airport opposite Terminal 1).
In the proposed system, two types of services are included. The first is a fast RRTS service; with a speed of 114 kmph, it will stop at limited stations. The second is the metro service; with a speed of 46 kmph, it will stop at all stations.
In the fast service, the travel time from NIA to Sarai Kale Khan will be 56 minutes, 66 minutes for Delhi Aerocity, 37 minutes to go to Ghaziabad, and 72 minutes for Meerut. In the normal RRTS service (84 kmph), travel time will increase by 13 minutes on all routes.
Officials said the corridor will subsume a 10-km Aqua Line Metro extension proposed between Char Murti Chowk and Knowledge Park V. Also, a proposed light rail transit planned between NIA and YEIDA Sector 21/Film City will be subsumed under this corridor.
The proposed alignment is expected to carry about 3.26 lakh daily passengers with a peak hour peak direction traffic (PHPDT) estimated at 8,784 in the 2030-31 financial year. This is expected to grow to 7.57 lakh daily passengers with a PHPDT of 23,957 by 2054-55.
The cost is estimated to be Rs 20,637 crore and construction will take five years.
The NCRTC has proposed to develop the corridor on an equity-sharing model between the central and UP government — 20% from the Centre, 20% from UP, and the remaining 60% taken as a loan from multilateral agencies.
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