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| Status | Approved | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stations | TBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | High-speed rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator(s) | Indian Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 1,500 km (930 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | 25 kV AC overhead lines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating speed | 320 km/h (200 mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Delhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor[1] is one of the route of the proposed high-speed rail in India. The line is part of the Diamond Quadrilateral Program, which seeks to unite the cities of New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai via high speed rail. This travels along the Delhi–Howrah main line from Tundla to Howrah. The train expects to cut the journey time for the 1,500 km (930 mi) between the national capital of India, New Delhi, and the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, the city of Kolkata, to just 5 hours 30 minutes.
According to the British company Mott McDonald, which undertook a pre-feasibility study of the project, the estimated cost for construction will be around ₹5 trillion (US$63 billion). The speed expected is 200–320 km/h (120–200 mph). A second phase of the project has been already taken up to extend the corridor to the Howrah Terminus (Howrah Railway Station) in the metropolitan city of Kolkata.[2][3]
Currently, the international consortium INECO-TYPSA-ICT is carrying out the feasibility study.[4]
Status Update[edit]
Delhi-Varanasi Corridor (Phase I)
- October 2020: Feasibility report submitted to Ministry of Railways[5]
- December 2020: NHSRCL to conduct ground survey using LiDAR technique[6]
- January 2021: NHSRCL starts LiDAR survey[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "More bullet train networks! Know Indian Railways high-speed rail plans for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai". Financial Express. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Welcome to HSRC". hsrc.in. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Narendra Modi will make Indian Railways world-class | India News Analysis and Op-Ed Commentary | Politics | Governance | Economic Freedom | National Interest". Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Ineco y Typsa harán el estudio de viabilidad del AVE de la India - Expansion.com". www.expansion.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "LiDAR survey begins".
- ^ "Delhi-Varanasi bullet train project: NHSRCL to conduct ground survey using LiDAR technique". 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Delhi - Varanasi bullet train project: LiDAR(Aerial Ground) survey starts". 10 January 2021.
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