The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which is responsible for the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project, has proposed a foot overbridge to connect the Ghaziabad city RRTS station with the Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda metro station in Ghaziabad. The New Bus Adda metro station is located at GT Road while the RRTS station is situated on the Delhi-Meerut Road, at a distance of about 150 metre from each other.
Since these two major roads witness heavy movement of traffic at all times, this foot overbridge will help commuters avoid the traffic altogether. It will create a 300-metre loop to allow seamless connectivity between the two stations situated near Ghaziabad’s Meerut trisection. The NCRTC officials said that similar connecting links have also been proposed at other stations to allow smooth and safe movement of passengers between different transport modes.
The RRTS proposes to run RapidX trains to connect three cities- Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut- over a distance of 82 km. Three stations of the RRTS are in Delhi while 22 are in Uttar Pradesh. The 82 km line is proposed to be operational by March 2025, while a 17 km section in Ghaziabad, is likely to be opened later in June 2023 on priority. The Ghaziabad district has eight stations and five of them, including Sahibabad, Ghaziabad city, Guldhar, Duhai and Duhai Depot, fall on the 17 km priority section. The Ghaziabad city station is one of the biggest on the RRTS network, and is close to the New Bus Adda metro station on the Delhi metro’s Red Line.
Similar foot over bridges have been proposed at Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to offer connectivity to the Nizamuddin railway station. Another bridge has been proposed to link the RRTS with the Metro station in New Ashok Nagar. According to the officials, a total of nine stations on the RRTS network will offer multimodal integration to facilitate connections with other transport systems. Of these nine stations, three are in Delhi, four in Ghaziabad and two in Meerut.
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