If he is successful, Namo Bharat could be a template for the regional transit in the other overloaded metros of India from Mumbai -pune to Bengaluru -Mysuru.
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When the first Namo Bharat train slid out of the Duhai depot in 2023, he was not only the introduction of a new corridor -it was the beginning of the most ambitious attempt to twist how its cities move.
The Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), which connects Delhi with satellite cities such as Meerut, Panipat and Alwar, is more than a high-speed rail project. It is India's answer to a global challenge: how to move millions efficiently into extensive urban regions.
The origins of the idea
The concept of the RRTS comes from a study by the 1998-99 Indian railways, in which a high-speed pendant network for the National Capital Region (NCR) was proposed. Until 2006, the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) formalized the plan in its function plan for transport for NCR 2032 and identified eight corridors to relieve Delhi and catalyze regional growth.
Stand on global shoulders
The RRTs are not an isolated experiment – it is inspired by global colleagues:
- Paris' rer (1977)
- Berlin's S-Bahn (1924)
- Seoul Metropolitan Subway (Integration 1974)
- Tokios rail network (since the 1880s)
Each was born from the same imperative: connection dense urban nuclei with its swelling peripheries.
How Namo Bharat compares
With an upper operating speed of 180 km/h, Namo Bharat Parisian rer (140 km/h) and Berlin's S-Bahn (100 km/h) exceeds. The ticketing system integrates QR codes, National Common Mobility Cards (NCMC) and Mobile Apps-Das Suica/Pasmo ecosystem from Tokio and the SEoul T-money network. In contrast, the older systems in Europe still rely on zone -based tariffs and age magnetic ticketing.
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The Hub strategy
Sarai Kale Khan, the RRTS flagship station, is designed as a multimodal hub. It will be Indian railways, the pink line of Delhi Metro, two isolnons and three RRTS corridors -Delhi -Meerut, Delhi -Karnal and Delhi -Alwar. Etinfra. With the projected driver of 4 LAKH-day passengers, as soon as all corridors are in operation, the hub is built to absorb a peak-hour increase of 20,000 pendulists per hour.
On the infrastructure page, the Executive Director (Tracks) Virendra Kumar shows the introduction of the prefabricated plate technology, which worked on Japanese Shinkansen for main lines and voter turnout – a first in India. “We produce 8 km record per month with close quality control and reduction in vibration,” he said. Remarkably, 95 percent of the materials in the Make initiative in India are obtained in Germany.
Beyond Delhi: A polyentric vision
The possible expansion of Panipat and Alwar signals a push towards a polycentric growth model for NCR – one that reduces Delhi's primacy and distributes the development more evenly in the region. If Namo Bharat is successful, he could become a template for the regional transit in the other overloaded metros of India, from Mumbai -Pune to Bengaluru -Mysuru.