The first tender for 12 stations alongside the expressway was issued in July of final 12 months, with an estimated mission price of Rs 641.5 crore.
After Metro, Rapid Rail, and Mono Rail, the ‘Light Rail System’ in Delhi-NCR. The new Light Rail Transit System (LRTS) will hyperlink Noida International Airport to Film City by way of the Yamuna Expressway and will likely be built-in with the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS).
Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on Thursday determined in a board assembly to develop LRTS. NCR Transport Corporation introduced plans for a 72-kilometer speedy rail hyperlink between Ghaziabad and Noida Airport on the convention.
After the assembly, representatives declared that the central authorities had obtained a proposal for the development of a light rail connection between Noida Airport and Film City. There had beforehand been intentions to hyperlink this 14-kilometer route with a pod taxi system; preliminary planning was executed in 2021. In July of final 12 months, the primary tender for the development of 12 stations alongside the motorway was launched. The mission is anticipated to price Rs 641.5 million.
But YEIDA was then assigned to study the viability of light rail and pod taxis. The NCRTC produced a mission report detailing each pod taxis and light rail after the UP authorities authorised the 72 km RRTS hall between Ghaziabad and Noida Airport.
YEIDA CEO Arun Veer Singh acknowledged, “The plan now encompasses three services – metro, RRTS, and light rail – operating on the same track, with only loops and sections differing. Metro trains will run at interval of 3.5 minutes, rapid rail every 7 minutes, and light rail every 8 minutes.”
The scheme has been already accepted by the UP authorities, which has now been forwarded to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for remaining approval.
