Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) reached its highest daily ridership on Monday (8th June), with almost 1,25,550 passengers travelling on the corridor in a single day. On average, around 1 lakh commuters are using the Namo Trains for daily commuting. In the month of May, the average daily ridership was around 93,877 as per the information on the Namo Bharat website.
The NCRTC posted on their X (formerly twitter) account on Tuesday that, “In response to growing passenger demand, NCRTC has recently introduced 18 additional Namo Bharat train trips during peak hours on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor.” These trains are running between 7 AM to 11:30 AM in the morning and 5 PM to 8:30 PM in the evening.
A major reason for the growing ridership of the Namo Bharat trains is the substantially fast service that it offers and thereby reducing the travel time significantly. NCRTC’s officials informed that the trains are increasingly chosen by daily office goers, students and other daily commuters, for whom punctuality is important. At the time of heat-waves in Delhi NCR, the Namo Bharat offers a fully air-conditioned, comfortable and safe mobility option.
The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor, also known as the Namo Bharat corridor is India’s first semi-high-speed rail regional transit corridor with a length of 82.15 km. The train covers the distance between Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram in Meerut in less than 60 minutes.
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