The Uttar Pradesh government is connecting the Noida International Airport (NIA) to the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS), providing high-speed connectivity to major cities like Meerut, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida West, and Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI). The RRTS corridor will connect the NIA to IGI and Delhi, with travel...
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times of 50 minutes from Ghaziabad, 70 minutes from Nizamuddin Sarai Kale Khan railway station, 85 minutes from Meerut, and 80 minutes from IGI. The NIA, expected to serve 65 million passengers annually by 2024-25 and 70 million by 2042-43, will be integrated with existing and proposed transit networks and the IGI. The proposed alignment, covering 72.2 km and 25 stations, connects the NIA to Ghaziabad and integrates with Noida's DMIC Blue and Aqua lines. The project will also offer seamless travel from NIA to Meerut, Delhi (Sarai Kale Khan, Anand Vihar, AIIMS, and Gurugram), and provide metro connectivity to the Jewar Industrial and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authorities (JIADA and YEIDA) using RRTS infrastructure. The government will provide free land for the project, which is expected to cost over 12,000 crore rupees with contributions from the central and state governments and banks.