# Namo Bharat adds 47 trips for Raksha Bandhan on Delhi-Meerut route 2026-08-25T12:46:55+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) will run 47 additional Namo Bharat train trips on the Delhi-Meerut corridor on August 27 and 28, anticipating higher passenger traffic during Raksha Bandhan. The extra services aim to make festival travel more convenient. The NCRTC has not yet released the revised timetable showing specific timings of the additional trips. Regular Namo Bharat trains currently operate every 15 minutes during peak hours on the 34-km operational section between Sahibabad and Meerut South. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The NCRTC, a joint venture of the Centre and several state governments, was set up in 2013 to implement the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor. Namo Bharat trains first launched on the Delhi-Meerut section in October 2023, and the full 82-km route is expected to be operational by 2026. While additional trips are common for major festivals, the scale of 47 extra services signals a significant projected surge in demand, possibly numbering in the tens of thousands of passengers. The coming festival periods will test whether the RRTS network can maintain its advertised punctuality, currently above 99%, under peak loads. The next major test will be during Diwali in November, when the NCRTC may announce similar adjustments based on Raksha Bandhan ridership data. ## Coverage - indiatvnews.com led with government service announcement without criticism or praise This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Delhi-Meerut RRTS, Namo Bharat, NCRTC, Raksha Bandhan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/namo-bharat-adds-47-trips-for-raksha-bandhan-on-delhi-meerut-route/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/namo-bharat-adds-47-trips-for-raksha-bandhan-on-delhi-meerut-route/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/