NEW DELHI, Sept. 10 -- Construction wing of the 'High Speed Rapid Rail' for the first prioritised corridor is going in full swing as the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has floated 'global' tender for the rapid rail coaches designing, manufacturing, supply, testing, commissioning and comprehensive maintenance of standard gauge coaches under the Make in India Initiative of Central Government. It will also include their (coaches) maintenance at Duhai and Modipuram depot of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) corridor.
The civil construction work on the 82 km long corridor has already started in the beginning of this year. The RRTS trains that will be operated at the speed of 160 kmph per hour w...