The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), has achieved a new milestone with the construction of a viaduct of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor crossing over the existing viaduct of the Delhi Metro's Blue Line corridor successfully.

The under-construction Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor is being built for a semi-high-speed regional rail service named 'RAPIDX' by the NCRTC.

 “Being constructed as a part of a long-term strategic solution to the pollution and congestion conundrum of Delhi, the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor has achieved an important milestone in Delhi. The construction of the viaduct of the RRTS corridor crossing over the viaduct of the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro corridor has been completed successfully,” the NCRTC said in a statement. 

The viaduct of the RRTS corridor crosses the Delhi Metro corridor at a height of about 20 metres, at a point near the New Ashok Nagar metro station.  

“Carrying out construction work at such a height over the existing and already operational metro track successfully is a big achievement from the engineering point of view,” a senior official said.

 “Moving from Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station towards New Ashok RRTS station, the elevated alignment of the RRTS corridor is crossing the viaduct of the Blue Line of Delhi Metro which provides services to a large number of people every day,” the official said.

To ensure convenience and safety of commuters travelling from this station, “construction of this part of viaduct has been done during the night time only” with the help of 'Tarini', a launching gantry. 

In this process, segments of the girders were lifted and joined together to construct the full span of the viaduct, the statement said.

 The NCRTC received unwavering support from the DMRC during this whole construction and the construction was completed safely by the NCRTC with uninterrupted services of the metro, officials said.