Ghaziabad: UP Govt GDA has been appointed as the nodal agency. Orbital rail The project, which is a part of NCR Planning Board's Regional Plan 2041. It is proposed to connect this corridor with the Rapid Rail Corridor near Doha.
Once ready, it will ensure seamless movement of passengers and goods across NCR cities including Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Noida, and Greater Noida.
A GDA official said, “GDA has been mandated to act as an interface with the Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (HRIDC) to prepare the feasibility report. HRIDC has paid about Rs 10 lakh in advance. have been paid, and a report is expected in six months.
In May, Meerut Divisional Commissioner Selva Kumari held a meeting with key stakeholders, including NCR Planning Cell, UPSIDA, UPSRTC, and GDA, to take the project forward.
The orbital rail will cover 270 km and 90 km will pass through UP. Unlike access-controlled Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways, Orbital Rail will have stations every 5 km, covering areas of UP and Haryana bypassed by expressways.
The project is crucial if the region is to emerge as a logistics hub, officials said.
“With multi-modal integration as the catchword, it will also be connected to the high-speed rail somewhere near Doha. So, the NCR cities of Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Noida, and Greater Noida will be covered. It will be a A new freight corridor will be created which will be connected in some way to Dadri freight corridor.
By 2032, five urban clusters in NCR – Gurgaon-Manesar, Faridabad-Blabgarh, Meerut, Ghaziabad, and Noida-Greater Noida-Kasna – are expected to become megacities.
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