NEW DELHI: When the proposed Delhi-Panipat-Karnal Namo Bharat Corridor is completed, passengers will be able to travel from Delhi to Karnal in just 90 minutes, Kashmere Gate to Murthal in 30, Indraprastha to Sonipat in a mere 35 and Kashmere Gate to Panipat within an hour.
The proposed corridor will originate from Sarai Kale Khan in southeast Delhi and terminate at New ISBT in Karnal, Haryana, with a total of seven stations in the capital.
Namo Bharat trains, designed to reach speeds of 180kmph with a maximum operational speed of 160kmph, will provide high-speed connectivity between the important urban centres of Haryana and Delhi. This corridor will fall along major industrial and educational hubs of Haryana, including Sonipat Education City, Kundli, Barhi Industrial Area, Panipat city, IOCL refinery and Karnal. Lakhs of people travel between these places from the National Capital Region every day.
"Namo Bharat trains, travelling at just the average speed of 90kmph and making several stoppages, will cover the distances in significantly less time than other available transport options. It will result in significant opportunities for the working group population, labour force, industrial workers, inter-city travellers and students," said an official.
Comfortable seating, air-conditioned coaches, reliable and weatherproof service and trains available every 10-15 minutes will attract commuters on this corridor. "Such high-speed seamless regional connectivity will drive balanced and sustainable urban development, decarbonise the region and facilitate people working at their desired destination while living in their native towns," said the official.
Delhi-Panipat-Karnal is one of the three prioritised corridors for Phase I of the Regional Rapid Transit System. Stretching over 136km between Delhi and Haryana, about 100km of this corridor falls in Haryana and the remaining will traverse through Delhi. Seven of the 18 stations planned along the route are in Delhi, with two depots, one each at Murthal and Ganjbar, to support operations. Apart from Sarai Kale Khan, the other Delhi stations are Indraprastha, Kashmere Gate, Jharoda Kalan, Bhalswa Chowk, Alipur and Narela.
The first Namo Bharat corridor between Delhi-Ghaziabad and Meerut is already running on an 82-km stretch. A 55-km-long section of this corridor, between New Ashok Nagar in Delhi and Meerut South, comprising 11 stations, is already operational and trial runs are underway on the rest of the corridor. Another proposed corridor as part of Phase I is the 196-km Delhi-Gurgaon-SNB-Alwar line.
The Sarai Kale Khan Namo Bharat station is expected to become one of the most important stations of the corridor because it will be the converging point of the three corridors of RRTS first phase. It is, therefore, designed to handle high passenger volumes efficiently.
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