Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the first Namo Bharat train on a 17-km stretch of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) and declared that similar services will soon link several cities in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan.
The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS, aims to bring down the travel time between Delhi and Meerut to less than an hour. It will be covering the urban centres of Ghaziabad, Muradnagar, and Modinagar.
The train has five standard coaches, including one reserved for women and one premium coach. Standard coach fares will range between Rs 20 and Rs 50, while a premium ticket will cost between Rs 40 and Rs 100, varying according to the distance.
