NEW DELHI: The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) will introduce eight additional fast Namo Bharat train services during morning and evening peak hours from November 16, reducing the travel time between Anand Vihar and Ghaziabad to just eight minutes, officials said on Saturday.The limited-stop services will operate on the Delhi-Meerut corridor, covering the distance between Anand Vihar and Begumpul in 36 minutes and Ghaziabad and Begumpul in 28 minutes.The entire corridor will be covered in less than 50 minutes, NCRTC said.The fast trains will halt at only five stations, Sarai Kale Khan, Anand Vihar, Ghaziabad, Begumpul and Modipuram, to cut travel time for commuters, particularly office-goers and students travelling during rush hours, it said.During the morning peak hours, two trains in each direction will depart from Sarai Kale Khan and Modipuram at 8 am and 8.30 am. In the evening, the additional services will leave both terminal stations at 6 pm and 6.30 pm.The eight additional trains will run alongside regular Namo Bharat services, which will continue to operate at 10-minute intervals, keeping the existing service frequency unchanged.The corridor currently records around 1.1 lakh daily commuters and has crossed the milestone of five crore passenger journeys. Over the past three months, the system registered an average monthly ridership of more than 32 lakh, NCRTC said.The enhanced services are also intended to encourage commuters to switch to public transport amid rising air pollution and ease road congestion across the region, it stated.Passengers have been advised to check station display boards and listen to platform announcements to distinguish between fast and regular train services before boarding, it added.(With inputs from PTI)
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