Bullet train boom in India with 10 new routes in the offing

Bullet trains in India are going to be commonplace, or so it seems. After the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor, the Indian Railways is planning to introduce 10 more bullet train routes covering a total of 6000 km.
As per the reports, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is going to study the possibility of ten more bullet train corridors. The NHSRCL is also the company that is introducing the first bullet train corridor of India, Mumbai-Ahmedabad. The Railway Board has, in fact, already asked permission from the Railway Ministry to conduct a survey in this regard.

The project has been estimated to cost about INR 10 lakh crore; so far, the Railways has identified six routes. Reports suggest that the bullet train is set to connect Delhi with Varanasi. Plus, you also have Delhi-Lucknow via Kanpur, and Lucknow-Varanasi via Sultanpur route. Other routes include New Delhi-Amritsar, New Delhi-Varanasi, New Delhi-Kolkata, Patna-Kolkata, New Delhi-Mumbai, and Chennai-Bengaluru.

Meanwhile, the first bullet train corridor between Mumbai-Ahmedabad is going to be 508 km long and will run at a speed of 320 kmph. The expected time taken for the train between the two cities is expected to be two hours, compared to the seven hours that it currently takes for the journey. Passengers travelling in the train will have 12 stops to pick from – Bandra Kurla Complex, Virar, Thane, Boisar, Vapi, Surat, Bharuch, Bilimora, Anand, Sabarmati, Baroda, and Ahmedabad.

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train is set to be completed between 2022 and 2023.