- The Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the first leg of the Regional Rapid Transit
System (RRTS), India’s first mass rapid system dedicated to regional connectivity. - Regional Rapid Transit System has semi high-speed rail connectivity at its core; the RRTS
is an integrated mass transit network. - It aims to ensure “balanced and sustainable urban development” through better
connectivity and access across the National Capital Region (NCR). - It is constructed by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which is
a joint venture company of the Central government and the governments of Delhi,
Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. - It Is modelled on systems such as the RER in Paris, Regional-Express trains in Germany
and Austria, as well as the SEPTA Regional Rail in the United States, among others. - These trains will travel significantly faster than metro trains. These will operate at a
speed of 160 km/hour but are designed to be able to run at speeds up to 180 km/hour. - Eight corridors will be developed under the project, of which three are being
constructed under phase I: the 82-km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, the 164-km DelhiGurugram-SNB-Alwar, and the 103-km Delhi-Panipat corridors.
