Meerut South RRTS station[1] is a station of the Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System and Meerut Metro located in the Partapur town of Uttar Pradesh, India. This is the first RRTS station in Meerut for higher-speed trains on the Delhi–Meerut RRTS that can reach speeds of up to 180 km/h. The section Duhai-Meerut South was opened on 18 August 2024, as an extension of the existing 34-km Sahibabad-Modinagar North stretch of the RRTS.[2][3][4]
History
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) had invited tenders for the construction of the Meerut South RRTS station along with the 21.5 km long Murad Nagar–Meerut South section of the 82.15 km Delhi-Meerut RRTS line. L&T Heavy Civil Infrastructure emerged as the lowest bidder for construction work. Under the agreement, companies started construction of Meerut South RRTS station.[5]
Station layout
The Meerut South RRTS station has three levels - platform, concourse and street level. The station is be 215 meters long and 26 meters wide. The rail tracks as the viaduct is situated at a height of 24 meters above the ground level.
| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left Template:Access icon | |
| Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Train Terminates Here (To be further extended to File:A21 Modipuram RRTS station.svg Template:Stl in the future) | |
| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← File:A01 New Ashok Nagar RRTS station.svg Template:Stl Next Station: File:A09 Modinagar North RRTS station.svg Template:Stl | |
| Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P3 Doors will open on the right Template:Access icon | ||
| Platform 3 Westbound |
Towards ← File:A01 New Ashok Nagar RRTS station.svg Template:Stl Next Station: File:A09 Modinagar North RRTS station.svg Template:Stl | |
| L2 | ||
References
- ↑ DELHI-Ghaziabad-Meerut MAP. ncrtc.in. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ↑ RRTS: Train Services Likely To Begin On 17km Stretch From Duhai to Modinagar Soon. TimesNow(2024-03-01). Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ↑ 17km of RRTS line from Duhai to Modinagar to be ready for operations soon. Hindustan Times(2024-02-29). Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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