Delhi–Alwar Regional Rapid Transit System (Delhi–Alwar RRTS) is a long under-construction

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with RRTS (Regional Rapid Transit System for the longer distance)-cum-metro (suburban Mass Rapid Transit) dual-use corridor connecting

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

Gurugram Gurgaon (), officially named Gurugram (), is a satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district, located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest o ...

Rewari Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the district headquarters of Rewari district. It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from DelhiSNB and

Alwar Alwar ( Rajasthani Pronunciation: �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (NCR) and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km ...

. It is one of the three

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corridors planned under Phase-1 of the Rapid Rail Transport System of the

National Capital Region Transport Corporation The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is a joint venture company of the Government of India and the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of D ...

(NCRTC). With maximum speed of and average speed of ,गुरुग्राम में भी एक ट्रैक पर दौड़ेंगी नमो भारत-मेट्रो, दिल्ली से राजस्थान का सफर होगा आसान
MSN, 2 June 2025. the distance between Delhi and Alwar will be covered in 104 minutes. The tracks and stations will be designed for the dual RRTS-cum-Metro train use, i.e. the RRTS is for the longer distance regional trains with less stops and the metro for the suburban distance with more frequent stops. The project's cost estimated in 2017 was 37,000

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s (; or USD $ billion).

History

The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) as part of its Integrated Transportation Plan 2032 identified eight rail-based rapid transit corridors to improve the efficacy of transportation system in the NCR. These were: # Delhi - Gurgaon - Rewari - Alwar # Delhi - Ghaziabad - Meerut # Delhi - Sonipat - Panipat # Delhi - Faridabad - Ballabhgarh - Palwal # Delhi - Bahadurgarh - Rohtak # Delhi - Shahadra - Baraut # Ghaziabad - Khurja # Ghaziabad - Hapur Of these Delhi-Alwar, Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Meerut are to be constructed in the first phase. The Urban Mass Transit Company was given the job of conducting a feasibility study on 23 March 2010. The study thus submitted was approved by the Planning Board in 2012. The contract was then transferred to NCRTC on 18 January 2017 to carry the study forward. On 15 June 2018, the long first phase of the project from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror, at an estimated cost of 25,000 crore (; or USD $ billion), was approved by the

Haryana government Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the Haryana Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led b ...

Construction

Construction of Delhi-Alwar route with total 22 stations in will be completed in the following three construction phases and a pre-construction phase:, Daily Pioneer, 25 December 2018. * Pre-construction phase – January 2019 to December 2019: Pre-construction activities such as Pile Loading Test and Geo-Technical Survey for one year from January 2019 to December 2019. * Phase-1 (Delhi to Dharuhera) – January 2020 to December 2024: The Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Gurgaon to Dharuhera . Initial with five stations will be underground mostly in Delhi and Gurgaon, and subsequent route with eight stations will be overground in Haryana. To be completed by 2024. In April 2020, GR Infrastructure emerged as the lowest bidder for package 1: IDPL Complex Ramp - Rajiv Chowk Ramp with three stations. * Phase-2 (Dharuhera to Sotanala) – uncertain: stations en route include Shahjahanpur, Neemrana, Behror and Ssotanala . * Phase-3 (Sotanala to Alwar) – uncertain: All in Rajasthan.

Stations

There will be total 22 stations in total; 16 (11 elevated and five underground) will be built in the first phase and the rest in later phases.

Status updates

* June 2018: Final

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(DPR) of the project is approved by the

Government of Haryana Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the Haryana Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led ...

. * December 2018: The Phase-I construction project proposal for

Gurgaon Gurgaon (), officially named Gurugram (), is a satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district, located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest ...

Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur () is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located between Bareilly and Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. History Shahjahanpur was establi ...

Neemrana Neemrana (/ niːmərɑːɳɑː / ) is an ancient historical town in Kotputli-Behror district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 16 km from Behror city, the district headquarters, from Alwar city, from New Delhi and from Ja ...

Behror Behror () is a city in the Kotpulti-Behror district of Rajasthan of the Jaipur division. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ''Behror'' Tehsil and shares headquarters for Kotputli-Behror district with Kotputli. It ...

stretch is approved by NCRTC. * February 2019: The Government of Haryana approved the project. * June 2019: The

Government of Rajasthan The Government of Rajasthan is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its districts of Rajasthan, 41 districts. It consists of an executive branch, led by the governor of Rajasthan, as well as judiciary and legis ...

approved the project. * 2019 Nov: Bids for the construction of the Gurgaon section of the project were invited. * 2022 May: Pre-construction work begins on the project's corridor in Gurgaon. * 2023 Mar: Pre-construction work complete in Gurgaon. * January 2024: Phase-1 construction under way, which consists of route from Delhi to Dharuhera station only, other 4 stations till SNB which were earlier in the phase-1 will be included in the phase-2. Delhi-Dharuhera section is expected to be completed by 2030. * October 2024: Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal announced that the commissioning of the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) networks linking Delhi-Panipat and Delhi to Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror and Alwar is expected to commence in 2025. * November 2024:It was decided in a meeting chaired by the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal that the entire rapid rail route will be developed all at once in one phase.

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