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The projected high‑speed obstruction corridors betwixt Hyderabad and Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai are apt to beryllium elevated and volition travel an wholly caller alignment, autarkic of the existing railway lines, apical railway sources said connected Sunday.
South Central Railway (SCR) has already begun enactment connected the last locational surveys for 2 of these corridors — the 626‑km Hyderabad–Bengaluru way and the 705‑km Hyderabad–Chennai way — immoderate clip ago. These surveys are being carried retired by RITES, the sources said.
Separately, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has already conducted an autarkic survey for the Hyderabad–Mumbai high‑speed obstruction nexus a twelvemonth oregon truthful ago.
“Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has indicated successful the property league that the high‑speed obstruction connectivity volition archetypal beryllium established betwixt Mumbai–Pune and subsequently Pune–Hyderabad. In essence, this volition guarantee a nonstop high‑speed nexus from Hyderabad to Mumbai, though finer details are expected to look later,” 1 elder authoritative said, requesting anonymity.
The trains are projected to tally astatine a maximum velocity of 350 kmph, with an operational velocity of 320 kmph. They volition usage standard‑gauge tracks akin to metro systems, and astir of the exertion and systems are expected to reflector those being utilized successful the ongoing Ahmedabad–Mumbai ‘Bullet Train’ project.
According to the officials, the program aims to chopped question clip betwixt Hyderabad and Bengaluru to astir 1 hr 55 minutes and to Chennai to astir 2.5 hours.
