Meerut gets its first substation to power rapid rail and metro

Ghaziabad: The first receiving substation (RSS) for the rapid rail corridor near Shatabdi Nagar station was completed on Tuesday and is now ready for power supply. This is the first of two substations in Meerut providing electricity to the rapid rail and Meerut Metro corridors. The construction of the second substation in Modipuram is ongoing.
"With the building ready and electrical equipment fully installed, the 70 MW RSS at Shatabdi Nagar is currently undergoing final transformer testing," said an official from NCRTC.
The Shatabdi Nagar RSS will supply power to several stations in Meerut, including Rithani (metro), Shatabdi Nagar (RRTS), Brahmpuri (metro), Meerut Central (underground metro), Bhaisali (underground metro), Begumpul (underground RRTS), and MES Colony (metro).
According to officials, NCRTC has partnered with UPPTCL and PVVNL for power supply to the receiving substation in UP. Power will be supplied to this RSS from the UPPTCL grid substation via 220 kV extra high tension (EHT) cables. The RSS will then distribute 25 kV power for train operations and 33 kV power to meet the needs of the RRTS stations.
"Each station along the corridor is equipped with an auxiliary substation (ASS) that receives 33 kV power from the RSS via ring main cables and distributes it throughout the station," said an official.
The Ghaziabad and Muradnagar RSS units are already operational and supplying power to the 42km stretch from Sahibabad to Meerut South.