The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has begun pre-construction work on the 16-km long Delhi Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) section, part of Delhi Ghaziabad Meerut corridor. Tender has also been floated for 'Detailed Design Construction' (DDC) for three major stations Sarai Kale Khan, New Ashok Nagar and Anand Vihar Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT), which will also be the major converging points of all three RRTS corridors.

Currently, the NCRTC — implementing agency has started work on the Ghaziabad portions. "The preliminary work such as survey, pile, utility work such as utility diversion of electrical lines, water pipe line and sewer line has been started for parts of Phase I corridor of the Delhi Meerut Corridor. These three stations are the most important stations as these will inter connect the entire major RRTS corridor — Delhi Meerut, Delhi Gurugram Panipat- Sonipat and Delhi-Alwar," said a senior NCRTC official adding civil construction will also be soon started for the sections.

Among the three stations, New Ashok Nagar and Sarai Kale Khan will be  elevated ones, While Anand Vihar Rapid Railway station will be totally underground as the existing Delhi Metro station is an elevated station due to which it attracts a heavy traffic in the vicinity and near Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) Anand Vihar..

The NCRTC official further added, "Besides three stations, an 11 km viaduct from Sarai Kale Khan will be developed which will connect RRTS ram near Khichripur to Jangpura stabling yard. The stabling yard will be developed on the 12 hectare land parcel Jangpura."

Moreover, inorder to bring different mode of transports at one point through the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), these stations will be developed as Multi Modal Integration (MMI) which will connect  ISBT Sarai Kale Khan, Hazrat Nizamuddin Station, Delhi Metro and Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), Aerocity, Uttar Pradesh State Transport Corporation (UPSTC) through skywalks, escalators, underpasses and pathways.

Anand Vihar Rapid Rail station will connect Delhi metro's Blue line and seven stations on Pink line which is under construction, the Anand Vihar ISBT and the intra-city railway station, Nizamuddin Railway Station, UPSRTC and subway facility for the pedestrians.

Moreover, cutting the travel time between Noida- Ghaziabad, New Ashok Nagar station will provide a short direct route to Noida-Dwarka  and Vaishali Ghaziabad.

Currently, Yamuna Bank station is the interchange to Noida and Vaishali but this New Ashok Nagar will provide a direct access to the

destination. Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor will be the first RRTS to be implemented in India.

The Budget for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut project is Rs 3,1902 crore with a deadline to be completed by 2024. Further, the Rapid Rail will be equipped with high speed and capacity, air conditioned and its station will be fitted with free Wi-Fi and high speed networking.