Bengaluru: On the southern bullet train route, it will be possible to travel from Bengaluru to Chennai in 73 minutes. Similarly, it will be possible to travel from Bengaluru to Hyderabad in 2 hours and 10 minutes, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the Vande Bharat Sleeper Express train between Bengaluru and Mumbai the day before yesterday. Later, speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved 4,000 km of bullet train routes. In addition, 3,000 km of bullet train routes are set to be announced in the coming years.
The country’s first bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is progressing rapidly. The train service will begin in August next year. The Bengaluru-Pune bullet train route is likely to be one of the next high-speed rail projects. This route will run from Bengaluru to Pune via Hubballi, covering the entire state of Karnataka. The electrical work for the Vande Bharat train service between Bengaluru and Mangaluru has been completed.
This train will be operated in the next few weeks. The South Bullet Train corridor, approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is set to connect the cities of Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Amaravati, and Chennai. On this corridor, the bullet train travel time between Bengaluru and Hyderabad will be 2 hours and 10 minutes.
The bullet train travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai will be just 73 minutes. This will make the two cities feel like one. At present, the travel time of the Vande Bharat train between Chennai and Bengaluru is 4 hours and 25 minutes. Compared with that, the bullet train’s travel time will be significantly shorter. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said this.
