Meerut Metro is unusual: rather than a standalone system, it is a local metro service integrated into the Delhi–Meerut RRTS (Namo Bharat) corridor, built and operated by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). The same infrastructure that carries high-speed regional Namo Bharat trains between Delhi and Meerut also hosts local metro services within Meerut city.
The Meerut segment runs around 20 km with a mix of elevated and underground stations, several of which are shared with the RRTS while others are served only by local metro trains.
Meerut is the first Indian example of a single corridor carrying both regional high-speed and local metro services – a shared-infrastructure model that could reshape how India plans transit for satellite cities. If it works, it offers a template for delivering two tiers of service on one set of tracks, at a fraction of the cost of building them separately.
Official source: www.ncrtc.in
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