Delhi–Amritsar high-speed rail corridor

Delhi–Amritsar High Speed Rail Corridor is a planned high-speed rail line connecting India's capital, New Delhi and Punjab's city Amritsar. It was one of the six new high-speed rail corridors planned in 2019.^[4][5]

Delhi–Amritsar High Speed Rail Corridor
Overview
Status	DPR under preparation
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Delhi Haryana Punjab
Termini	Delhi Amritsar
Stations	15
Website	www.nhsrcl.in
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited
Rolling stock	E5 Series Shinkansen
History
Planned opening	2051; 27 years' time (2051) [1]
Technical
Line length	459[2] km (285 mi)
Character	Elevated, underground and At-grade
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC, 50 Hz, overhead catenary
Operating speed	320[3] km/h (200 mph)
Route map Legend Amritsar Jalandhar Phagwara Ludhiana Punjab Chandigarh border Mohali Punjab Haryana border Ambala Kurukshetra Panipat Sonipat Haryana Delhi border Delhi This diagram: view talk edit

The high-speed route connecting important cities of Northern India will cut short the distance from existing six hours to under two.^[4]

Stations

The train would start from Dwarka in Delhi, and will have stoppages at Sonipat, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Mohali, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jalandhar and Amritsar.^[6]

Amritsar–Jammu

Main article: Amritsar–Jammu high-speed rail corridor

According to the National Rail Plan (NRP) unveiled by the ministry of railways, the Delhi–Amritsar line would be extended until Jammu via Pathankot, in order to provide economic boost to Jammu as well as to improve tourism connectivity for Vaishno Devi.^[7]

See also

• High-speed rail in India
  • Delhi–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor
  • Delhi–Varanasi high-speed rail corridor

References

1. "Railway Budget 2021: Indian Railways to focus on new bullet train networks in coming years?". The Times of India. 23 January 2021.
2. "Indian Railways conducts feasibility studies for high-speed rail on THESE three Golden Quadrilateral routes – Details here". Financialexpress. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
3. "Delhi-Amritsar high-speed rail corridor". The Metro Rail Guy.
4. "Delhi to Amritsar bullet train via Chandigarh in just 2 hours at 300 km/hr". The Financial Express. 16 August 2017.
5. "Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar bullet train on cards". The Tribune. 27 October 2020.
6. "Survey for high speed railway corridor between Delhi and Amritsar starts in Punjab". The Indian Express. 19 September 2023.
7. "Bullet train to Jammu, Guwahati? Indian Railways proposes to connect these major cities with high-speed rail". The Times of India. 19 December 2020.

External links

• Preliminary Study Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine