new delhi the rather quiet and upscale locality of jangpura now finds itself on the map of the highspeed regional rapid transit system rrts corridor that will connect the national capital with meerut the 82kmlong corridor which was planned to terminate at sarai kale khan will now be extended up to this south delhi neighbourhooda new station jangpura has been added in the underconstruction rrts corridor of delhighaziabadmeerut said a spokesperson of the national capital region transport corporation ncrtc which is executing the project with the addition of this station the count of the stations on this corridor is now 25 the new station is being constructed with an already planned stabling yard at jangpura he saidwe will be constructing a stabling yardcumtrain maintenance facility at jangpura for all the three corridors of phasei of rrts and it is a very strategic decision to construct an rrts station at this location also which will serve the residents of the nearby localities providing them with highspeed seamless connectivity across ncr vinay kumar singh managing director of ncrtc saidjangpura is one of the nodes identified to be taken up for transit oriented development we are working on a comprehensive plan to providing seamless access to the rrts station he saidwhile the hub of all the three corridors will be in sarai kale khan which will be a mega terminal jangpura will also have the master operations control centre from where trains in all the corridors will be monitored and controlled the new station will connect sarai kale khan with residential areas like ashram nizamuddin srinivaspuri lajpat nagar etc with further connectivity to ghaziabad and meerut apart from panipat gurgaon manesar dharuhera etc when the other two corridors become operationalthe ncrtc spokesperson said that like all other rrts stations jangpura too will feature universal accessibility for ease of access for differentlyabled passengers and will have provisions to handle medical emergencies too this is apart from facilities like pickup and dropoff zones parking audio and video passenger display boards station maps ticket vending machines retail shops atms etcthe station will be developed to attain the highest rating of the indian green building council igbc as part of this effort solar panels will be installed on the roof of the station led lights and other facilities will be provided to save energy he saidncrtc needed space where trains for its first morning services could be stabled for the night but adequate land wasnt available at sarai kale khan closest available government land was at jangpura where ncrtc chose to create the stabling yardonce operational rrts will decongest delhi by facilitating the nondelhi ncr residents to stay in their hometowns while comfortably travelling every day to the capital for workeducation said singh