RapidX, the nation’s first semi-high pace regional rail service, has been renamed NaMo Bharat, a day earlier than Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to inaugurate the practice.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Wednesday mentioned he’ll flag off a RapidX practice connecting Sahibabad and Duhai Depot stations, marking the launch of the RRTS in India.

It is a “transformational” regional growth initiative, which is designed to supply high-speed trains for intercity commuting each quarter-hour, which may go as much as a frequency of each 5 minutes based on requirement, the PMO had mentioned.

The Congress took a swipe at PM Modi over the identify change.

“After Namo stadium now Namo trains. There is simply no limit to his self-obsession,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned in a publish on X.

A cricket stadium in Ahmedabad is called after PM Modi.

The 17-km precedence part of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor is slated to be opened for passengers on October 21, a day after its inauguration.

The precedence part, between Sahibabad and Duhai Depot, has 5 stations — Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar, Duhai and Duhai Depot. 

CCTV cameras, an emergency door-opening mechanism and a button to speak with a practice operator are among the many security options of this practice.

Trains can function on this hall even as much as a pace of 160 kmph, however the operational pace can be lesser, say officers.

The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut hall is being developed at a price of greater than Rs 30,000 crore and can join Delhi to Meerut with a journey time of lower than an hour via city centres of Ghaziabad, Muradnagar and Modinagar, the PMO had mentioned. 

The whole 82.15 km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS is focused to be operational by June 2025.