Indian Railways Clears Two New MEMU Services for Meerut City

Indian Railways has sanctioned two new MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) services that will place Meerut City at the centre of a short-haul network in western Uttar Pradesh. One pair will run between Khurja and Meerut City, the other between Saharanpur and Meerut City. The announcement was made on 29 September 2026.

The two pairs of trains

The Khurja service carries the numbers 64573/64574 and the Saharanpur service 64580/64579. Both will stop commercially at every station on their route, which is what makes a MEMU rake useful on such sections: it is designed for frequent halts, quick boarding and daily passengers rather than long-distance travel.

Why Meerut City matters here

Meerut City is a busy junction in western Uttar Pradesh, and the two new pairs give it a morning link from the north and an afternoon link from the south. The Saharanpur train reaches Meerut City by 08:10 hrs, early enough for office-goers, students and traders to finish a day of work and return on the 17:45 hrs service the same evening. The Khurja pair, being slower over its section, serves the towns between Khurja and Meerut that had fewer stopping trains.

What a MEMU is

A MEMU is a self-propelled electric train set drawn by power cars placed within the rake, so it does not need a separate locomotive to be reversed or changed at the end of a run. Because acceleration is quick, a MEMU suits sections where trains halt every few kilometres. Indian Railways uses these rakes on suburban and regional corridors where the demand is for cheap, frequent seats rather than reserved berths.

Points to remember

For examination purposes the useful details are the two city pairs, the four train numbers, the journey times of the shortest and longest legs and the fact that the services will halt at all stations on the route. The slowest of the four runs is the Meerut City to Khurja leg, which takes 4 hours 35 minutes, and the quickest is the Saharanpur to Meerut City leg at 2 hours 20 minutes.