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Bengaluru To Hyderabad In 2 Hours: High-Speed Rail Implementation Begins | India News

Bengaluru To Hyderabad In 2 Hours: High-Speed Rail Implementation Begins | India News

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Last Updated:March 02, 2026, 14:16 IST While the majority of the track lies in neighbouring states, approximately 100 kilometres of the corridor will pass through Karnataka. Currently, the 606-kilometer journey takes approximately 8.5 hours by express train. The HSR project aims to slash this travel time to just 2 hours. Representative Image: Canva Officials from the Central Railway recently arrived in Karnataka to initiate formal discussions regarding the Hyderabad-Bengaluru High-Speed Rail (HSR) corridor. This meeting with the state’s Infrastructure Development Department marks the beginning of the implementation phase for one of the most ambitious transit projects in Southern India. The move comes shortly after the project was highlighted in the Union Budget, indicating a swift transition from conceptual planning to ground-level coordination. The primary objective of the corridor is to fundamentally change the connectivity between these two major economic hubs. Currently, the 606-kilometer journey takes approximately 8.5 hours by express train. The HSR project aims to slash this travel time to just 2 hours. This is achieved through a design speed of 350 km/h, effectively …

Why Karnataka Is Demanding Bullet Train Corridor Between Bengaluru, Mumbai | India News

Why Karnataka Is Demanding Bullet Train Corridor Between Bengaluru, Mumbai | India News

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Last Updated:February 08, 2026, 15:57 IST Karnataka Commerce and Industries Minister MB Patil met Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and proposed a new bullet train corridor between Bengaluru and Mumbai. Karnataka Commerce Minister MB Patil with Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. (Photo: X/@MBPatil) After India announced new high-speed rail corridors in the Budget 2026-27, Karnataka Commerce and Industries Minister MB Patil met Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and proposed a new bullet train corridor between Bengaluru and Mumbai. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced seven high-speed rail corridors between cities to serve as ‘growth connectors’. These routes are between Mumbai-Pune, Pune-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Hyderabad-Chennai, Chennai-Bengaluru, Delhi-Varanasi and Varanasi-Siliguri. The Chennai–Bengaluru high-speed train is expected to reduce travel time to just 1 hour and 13 minutes, and the Bengaluru-Hyderabad journey will come down to around two hours. MB Patil said on X that he submitted a personal request to Vaishnaw, seeking approval for a Vande Bharat Sleeper Express train from the state capital to Vijayapura, a high-speed rail corridor between Bengaluru and Mumbai, and daily special trains between …

Know all about 21-km-long India’s first undersea tunnel – India TV

Know all about 21-km-long India’s first undersea tunnel – India TV

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Image Source : PTI India’s first undersea tunnel. Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: India is on the brink of a transformative milestone with its first undersea rail tunnel, a key feature of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor, commonly known as the bullet train project. Earlier on January 18, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the work of the undersea tunnel and expressed satisfaction at the “good progress” on the mega multi-billion dollar project.  Speaking to the media, Vaishnaw said the undersea tunnel has been designed and is being constructed with great care. “The technology being employed and the design of the tunnel makes it possible for two trains to pass through at speeds of 250 kilometres per hour. Environment protection has been taken care of along with ventilation and lighting. The construction on 340 kilometres of the project has made good progress,” he said, as per news agency PTI. Trains can pass at much higher speeds in the undersea tunnel than Kolkata Metro’s under-river tunnel, he added. About India’s first undersea tunnel The tunnel is 21-kilometre …

India’s High-Speed Train Coaches To Be Tested At Country’s First Climatic Lab Worth Rs 173 Cr | Exclusive

India’s High-Speed Train Coaches To Be Tested At Country’s First Climatic Lab Worth Rs 173 Cr | Exclusive

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Last Updated:December 10, 2024, 12:32 IST The testing will happen in 2026, ahead of the train’s debut in the Gujarat section of the high-speed corridor. India is building its own high-speed rail coaches for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail corridor after the Japanese coaches were proving to be too expensive.(News18 Hindi) The ‘Made-In-India’ coaches of India’s first high-speed train to run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, will undergo testing at India’s first climatic laboratory to be set up at the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. The testing will happen in 2026, ahead of the train’s debut in the Gujarat section of the high-speed corridor. Rs 173 crore will be spent on the exercise, documents with CNN-NEWS18 show. The high-speed train coaches would run at the speed of 250-280 km/hr, and require such intense testing in a climatic laboratory. The BEML has been awarded with the contract for design, manufacture, supply, testing and commissioning of the high-speed train to be built at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai. The BEML wants experts to set up a climatic chamber laboratory at …