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Namo Bharat trains log 4.5 crore journeys in three years, says Manohar Lal

The Housing and Urban Affairs Minister marked Namo Bharat Diwas as the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut rapid rail corridor completed three years of service.

From the editorial desk · New DelhiPublished
A Namo Bharat regional rapid transit train on the Delhi-Meerut corridor (file photo)
A Namo Bharat regional rapid transit train on the Delhi-Meerut corridor (file photo)Photos: Anshumalii / Wikimedia Commons; Joe Andrucyk for Maryland GovPics / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 2.0

Key points

  1. The Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor has carried over 4.5 crore passenger journeys since October 2023.
  2. Daily ridership is above 1.1 lakh, with a record of about 1.68 lakh in a single day.
  3. Manohar Lal said the service was ushering in a new era of regional connectivity.

The Namo Bharat rapid rail service between Delhi and Meerut has carried more than 4.5 crore passenger journeys in its first three years, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal said on Sunday.

Speaking at Namo Bharat Diwas 2026, held to mark three years of operations, the minister said the service was ushering in a new era of regional connectivity in India. He said rising ridership showed the growing trust of people in modern, safe and seamless transport.

From 17 km to 82 km

Services began in October 2023 on a 17-km priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai Depot in Ghaziabad. The full Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor is 82 km long and links the capital with Ghaziabad and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.

The corridor now serves more than 1.1 lakh commuters a day. Its busiest single day so far saw about 1.68 lakh riders.

Three years in numbers

The figures released for the anniversary put average use at well over a lakh trips every day, against a peak of about 1.68 lakh. The 4.5 crore journeys have been logged since October 2023, when the first trains began running on the short stretch in Ghaziabad.

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