Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station explained

Sarai Kale Khan
Style:	RapidX
Address:	Sarai Kale Khan, South East Delhi, Delhi
Coordinates:	28.5885°N 77.2584°W
Line:	RRTS (Planned Services)
Other:	Sarai Kale Khan ISBT
Structure:	Elevated
Platform:	(TBC)
Tracks:	(TBC)
Parking:	(TBC)
Electrified:	Yes
Owned:	NCRTC
Operator:	NCRTC
Status:	Under Construction
Mapframe-Zoom:	14
Map State:	collapsed
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Caption:	Interactive map
Mapframe-Marker:	rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:	FFFA4A

Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station^[1] is an under construction RRTS station in South East Delhi district, Delhi, India which will serves mainly higher-speed trains. It will serve as the terminus for higher-speed trains on the Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System that can reach speeds of up to 180 km/h. This station will serve as a Terminus station on the 3 priority RRTS corridors (Delhi-Panipath, Delhi-SNB-Alwar and Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut) of the first phase.^[2]

With 25 stations, the Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station will be accessible by 2025.^[3]

History

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) had invited tenders in February 2020 for the construction of the Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station along with the 4.3 km Sarai Kale Khan – New Ashok Nagar section of the 82.15 km Delhi-Meerut RRTS line.^[4] Afcons Infrastructure emerged as the lowest bidder for construction work. As a result, Afcons Infrastructure was entrusted with the construction of the station.^[4]

Station layout

The Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station will have 6 elevated station platforms, With the under constructed station building will be located underneath of platform level. The RRTS station will have 6 platforms, which will serve 4 tracks for regular service.^[5]

It will have three levels - platform, concourse and street level. Sarai Kale Khan station will be 215 meters long and 50 meters wide. The station will be constructed at a height of 15 meters above the ground level.^{[5] [6]}

Station Layout (TBC)

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform | Opening of Doors (TBC)

|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |Platform #| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |← Under Construction →|-| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |Island platform | P# and P# Opening of Doors (TBC) |-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |Platform #| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |← Under Construction →|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform #| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |← Under Construction →|-| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |Island platform | P# and P# Opening of Doors (TBC) |-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |Platform #| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |← Under Construction →|-|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2 align=center|Side platform | Opening of Doors (TBC) |-| valign="top" width="50" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |L2| valign="top" width="50" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" || valign="top" width="50" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" ||}

Notes and References

1. Web site: DELHI-Ghaziabad-Meerut MAP . ncrtc.in . 1 May 2023.
2. Web site: INTERACTIVE MAP . ncrtc.in . 1 May 2023 . en.
3. Web site: Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS: Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station to be connected with Delhi Metro, ISBT, & Nizamuddin Railway Station . economictimes.indiatimes.com . The Economic Times . 1 May 2023 . en.
4. Web site: Afcons Infra Wins Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Package 6 . www.themetrorailguy.com . The Metro Rail Guy . 1 May 2023 . en.
5. Web site: Priyangi Agarwal . Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station to link up with road, rail, metro modes . timesofindia.indiatimes.com . The Times of India . en . 18 January 2023.
6. Web site: Delhi-Meerut RRTS: Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station to be linked with Nizamuddin Railway Station, Delhi Metro, ISBT . www.dnaindia.com . 1 May 2023 . en.