Hyderabad–Bengaluru high-speed rail corridor

The Hyderabad–Bangalore High Speed Rail Corridor is a proposed high-speed rail line connecting India's two southern metros, Hyderabad and Bangalore. When completed, it will be Southern India's second high-speed rail line along with Chennai–Mysuru high-speed rail corridor. It is also said to be an extension of Mumbai-Hyderabad line.^[2]

Hyderabad–Bangalore High Speed Rail Corridor
Overview
Status	Planned
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Telangana Andhra Pradesh Karnataka
Termini	Hyderabad Bangalore
Stations	12 (expected)
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	2041; 17 years' time (2041) [1]
Technical
Line length	618 km (384 mi)
Character	Elevated, underground and grade-separated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC, 50 Hz, overhead catenary
Operating speed	320 km/h (200 mph)
Route map Legend Hyderabad Shadnagar Mahbubnagar Gadwal Telangana Andhra Pradesh border Kurnool Guntakal Anantapur Dharmavaram Hindupur Andhra Pradesh Karnataka border Doddaballapura Yelahanka Bengaluru This diagram: view talk edit

The National Rail Plan (NRP) stated that several major cities of India would connected via high-speed rail by 2051. Extension of Mumbai–Hyderabad line to Bangalore, thus linking Mumbai with Chennai is a part of the plan.^[3][4]

Possible stations

Stations are according to the planned alignment as shown in National Rail Plan's (NRP) High-speed rail line map. Hyderabad - Mahubnagar - Gadwal - Kurnool - Ananthapur - Bengaluru

See also

• High-speed rail in India
  • Mumbai–Hyderabad high-speed rail corridor
  • Chennai–Mysuru 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. "JICA presents draft report on bullet train project to joint committee". timesofindia-economictimes. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016.
3. "Rail plan keeps Hyderabad bullet train dream alive". The Times of India. 20 December 2020.
4. "Bullet train to connect Hyderabad with other cities: Rail plan". The Siasat Daily. 30 December 2020.

External links

• Preliminary Study Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine