The Nationwide Capital Area Transport Company (NCRTC), India’s first regional fast rail challenge, has acquired an allocation of greater than Rs 2,900 crore within the Union Finances 2025-26 introduced on Saturday.
The NCRTC has began its operation in Delhi from January 5 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 13-km part of the hall from Sahibabad in Ghaziabad to New Ashok Nagar within the nationwide capital.
The NCRTC acquired a complete outlay of two,918 crore within the present finances, whereas it was Rs 3,855 crore in final finances’s revised estimates.
The union finances for 2025-26 was offered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
After the inauguration of the NCRTC’s Delhi part, commuters from the nationwide capital can attain Meerut South in simply 40 minutes.
Presently, two stations — Anand Vihar and New Ashok Nagar — are operational in Delhi, whereas a 3rd one is below development at Sarai Kale Khan.
The 82-km Regional Fast Transit System (RRTS) hall originates at Sarai Kale Khan in New Delhi and terminates at Modipuram in Meerut.
It has 16 stations together with 9 extra stations for the Meerut metro, making it a complete and transformative regional transit resolution.
