New Delhi: To facilitate the growing commuter demand on the Delhi–Meerut Namo Bharat corridor and save time during rush hours, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is set to operate Fast Namo Bharat train services during peak morning and evening hours starting Monday.These new limited-stop services will cut commute times further and enable passengers to travel from Anand Vihar to Ghaziabad in just eight minutes, Ghaziabad to Begumpul in 28 minutes, and Anand Vihar to Begumpul in a 36 minutes, while covering the entire corridor in less than 50 minutes.In the morning peak hours, two fast trains will depart from both terminal stations, Sarai Kale Khan towards Modipuram and from Modipuram towards Sarai Kale Khan, at 8 am and 8.30 am. Similarly, during the evening peak hours, two fast trains will leave from both terminal stations at 6 pm and 6:30 pm in each direction. These fast trains are additional services introduced by NCRTC to the existing regular Namo Bharat trains, which operate every 10 minutes.“Regular Namo Bharat train services will continue to operate as usual alongside these fast trains. Commuters are advised to check station display boards and listen to platform announcements before boarding to confirm whether a train is a fast or regular service,” said an official of NCRTC, which is implementing the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS project.To ensure rapid transit, these fast trains will stop at only five major stations along the corridor: Sarai Kale Khan, Anand Vihar, Ghaziabad, Begumpul, and Modipuram. “NCRTC values the time of its daily commuters, and this enhanced peak-hour connectivity is designed to shave critical minutes off daily journeys, making it especially beneficial for students and office-goers who rely on punctual, high-speed transit to reach their workplaces and educational institutions on time,” said the official.About 1.1 lakh commuters travel every day on the corridor, with consistent growth in daily footfall. The corridor recently crossed the milestone of five crore commuter journeys, and over the past three months alone, the system recorded an average monthly ridership of more than 32 lakh.
