Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed railway corridor: All about the bullet train project | Travel time, Stations
The Indian Railways has proposed Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed railway corridor to reduce the travel to two hours from the current five hours. The Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar bullet train project is yet to be sanctioned, however, it could soon be a reality as the survey is going on full throttle.
Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed railway corridor (Representational photo – Pixabay)
New Delhi: The Railways Ministry has launched a socio-economic survey in Punjab for the proposed Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed railway corridor. The high speed railway corridor is proposed to be built on the Delhi-Chandigarh-Ludhiana-Jalandhar-Amritsar route.
Delhi-Amritsar-Chandigarh Bullet Train
The Delhi-Amritsar-Chandigarh is a 459 km long high-speed rail corridor and proposed to have stations spread across Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. The stations on Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed railway corridor could be Dwarka in Delhi, Sonepat, Panipat, Kukurshetra, Ambala, Mohali, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar.
IIM-Research, New Delhi, has been assigned to carry out the socio-economic survey for the corridor. The Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed railway corridor is proposed to have a dedicated 55-feet wide railway track for bullet trains.
If all goes well, the travel time between Amritsar to Delhi would reduce to two hours from the current five hours. The high-speed railway corridor would have fencing on both sides to prevent any untoward incident.
Once the socio-economic survey is completed, the land acquisition process is expected to start soon.
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Seven Proposed High Speed Rail Corridors
The Ministry of Railways has decided to undertake survey and preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the following seven High Speed Rail corridors:
Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail corridor
Mumbai-Nagpur High Speed Rail corridor
Delhi-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor
Mumbai-Hyderabad High Speed Rail corridor
Chennai-Bangaluru-Mysore High Speed Rail corridor
Varanasi-Howrah High Speed Rail corridor
Delhi-Amritsar High Speed Rail corridor
Important note: None of the above-mentioned seven High Speed Corridor has been sanctioned so far.
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has been entrusted with the duty to work for the preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the seven High Speed Rail (HSR) corridors:
Delhi-Noida-Agra-Kanpur-Lucknow-Varanasi
Delhi-Jaipur-Udaipur-Ahmedabad
Mumbai-Nasik-Nagpur
Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad
Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore
Delhi-Chandigarh-Ludhiana-Jalandhar-Amritsar
Varanasi-Patna-Howrah
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train
Presently, Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project is the only sanctioned High Speed Rail project in the country.
