NHSRC floats tender for Delhi-Amritsar bullet train

The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited has invited bids for carrying out a survey for the 465-km long Delhi-Amritsar via Chandigarh bullet train project to identify both overhead and underground utilities and power source options, including substations, along the corridor. The work on the country's first bullet train connecting Mumbai-Ahmedabad is in full swing and the government is focusing on other routes too, including the one between Delhi and Amritsar via Chandigarh with a travel time of 2 hours. While Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi covers the 465-km distance in 6 hours, with the bullet train, travel duration will be cut by four hours. The Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar route is identified for the high-speed rail network in the country for which detailed project report would be needed. The other projects include Varanasi-Patna-Howrah, Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru and Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad.