The Delhi–Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System (Delhi–Panipat RRTS) is an approved, long, semi-high speed rail 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, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

Sonipat Sonipat is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It is also around 214 km (128 miles) southwest o ...

, and Panipat in the

National Capital Region A capital region, also called a capital district or capital territory, is a region or district surrounding a capital city. It is not always the official term for the region, but may sometimes be used as an informal synonym. Capital regions can exis ...

. It is one of the three rapid-rail 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. The NCRTC is mandated with implementing the Regional Rapid Transit ...

(NCRTC). With maximum speed of 160 km/h and average speed of 120 km/h, commuters using the system will be able to cover the distance between Panipat and Delhi in 65 minutes. The project is expected to cost 21,627 crores.

Route and stations

The line will start from Hazrat Nizamuddin station, which will allow interchange with Delhi-Alwar and Delhi-Meerut lines, as well as connectivity to the

Nizamuddin railway station Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station (station code: NZM) is a railway station in South Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is one of the five main sta ...

, Sarai Kale Khan ISBT and

Sarai Kale Khan - Nizamuddin metro station Sarai, Serai, or Saraj may refer to: Places *Sarai (city), a large medieval city, and the capital city of the Golden Horde * Saray-Jük, the ''Little Sarai'' of the Golden Horde Azerbaijan *Sarai Village, an old Turkic village in Absheron, Baku ...

. There will be total 16 stations on the corridor out of which two will be underground and the rest will be elevated.

Proposed extension to Karnal

An extension to

Karnal Karnal ( is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. It was used by East India Company army as a refuge during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Delhi. The Battle of Karnal between ...

involving 3 additional stations has been proposed and the same is in feasibility stage.

Inter-connectivity

It will connect with the following multi-model transports: * Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor near

Kundli Kundli is a town and municipal council in Sonipat, Haryana with a population of 100,000 (2017), on Delhi-Haryana border in Sonipat tehsil of Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies on Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Pe ...

National Highway 44 (India) National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country. It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, ...

(NH44), track will mostly run along NH44 *

Western Peripheral Expressway The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction), * 13 March 2020 - DPR approved by NCRTC Board. * 18 January 2021 - Delhi Panipat RRTS corridor approved by Government of Haryana. * 12 March 2021 - Process to identify Station land for extension to Karnal begins (3 more stations). *18 August 2021 - DPR lying with Central Government since Dec 2020. *14 Dec 2021 - Centre has not received the Delhi government’s approval for its financial commitment with regard to DPR of the Delhi-Panipat RRTS. *8 Feb 2023 - Delhi Government not agreed to provide financial support for Delhi-Panipat RRTS and Delhi-SNB RRTS, and also hasn't made full payment for Delhi-Meerut RRTS.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delhi-Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System Transport in Delhi Transport in Haryana Proposed railway lines in India National Capital Region (India) Rapid transit in India

Route and stations

Proposed extension to Karnal

Inter-connectivity

See also

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