Del-Varanasi bullet train may cover 782km in 3 hrs

[lightoftruth]

Before Karnataka elections their will be Bangalore route HSR announcement ,just political priority.

Eventually every major business hub will be connected.

 

[dray]

It is a bit twisted headline, probably because Varanasi is Modi's constituency, otherwise it is a Delhi-Kolkata HSR line with Varanasi as a one of the stations among many other big cities on its route.

And I think there is also a plan for Delhi-Chennai HSR line.

 

[Eminent Mainstream Media]

I do not see how connecting with Varanasi with HSR even makes sense. I can understand Delhi Kolkata or Delhi Agra or Delhi- Lucknow.
But Varnasi? Its a temple town for god's sake.

The most feasible route IMO will be

Delhi- Agra- Kanpur- Allahabad- Varanasi

But I agree I don't see how viable is such expensive train service on this route- However things could change very quickly If there's an economic boom in UP for 10 years straight-

Also Varanasi here means people of Eastern Bihar would too prefer this service- those who can pay-

Lucknow is perhaps the only big city in Its route (Moradabad-Barely-Gorakhpur)- to connect Lucknow the train will need to change path at Kanpur and miss Allahabad- this will also increase travel time-

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

The most feasible route IMO will be

Delhi- Agra- Kanpur- Allahabad- Varanasi

But I agree I don't see how viable is such expensive train service on this route- However things could change very quickly If there's an economic boom in UP for 10 years straight-

Also Varanasi here means people of Eastern Bihar would too prefer this service- those who can pay-

Lucknow is perhaps the only big city in Its route (Moradabad-Barely-Gorakhpur)- to connect Lucknow the train will need to change path at Kanpur and miss Allahabad- this will also increase travel time-

It depends upon the people's ability to pay. If one is advocating Chennai, Bang, Hyd, Mumbai, or Delhi is one and simple reason. It has a lot of industries and techies. UP has no city other than Noida (which is actually Delhi) which is industrialised to the extent of Noida.
Building HSR in a country like India, we have to be careful about returns on investment. Simply put, its not viable. Varnasi is not a industrial city nor a city of richness.

However I am thinking its just for political posture. Its not going to get implemented.

 

[Eminent Mainstream Media]

It depends upon the people's ability to pay. If one is advocating Chennai, Bang, Hyd, Mumbai, or Delhi is one and simple reason. It has a lot of industries and techies. UP has no city other than Noida (which is actually Delhi) which is industrialised to the extent of Noida.
Building HSR in a country like India, we have to be careful about returns on investment. Simply put, its not viable. Varnasi is not a industrial city nor a city of richness.

However I am thinking its just for political posture. Its not going to get implemented.

I get you view point- and It comes as a surprise to me too- that this section was chosen-

The problem with Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore corridor is too many bridges and tunnels will have to be made- too keep HSR safe and high speed- It will need far extensive feasibility study and lots more in investments- East coast is fine and Kolkata Chennai HSR would be far easier and less expensive to make-

In UP, Kanpur is a fairly good industrialized city- And Its adjoining areas too are industrial zones- However I don't see this happening anytime soon- even when this happens, and there is SP or BSP sharing power they''ll provide stoppages at their local constituencies or areas of favor and spoil all the high speed-

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

I get you view point- and It comes as a surprise to me too- that this section was chosen-

The problem with Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore corridor is too many bridges and tunnels will have to be made- too keep HSR safe and high speed- It will need far extensive feasibility study and lots more in investments- East coast is fine and Kolkata Chennai HSR would be far easier and less expensive to make-

In UP, Kanpur is a fairly good industrialized city- And Its adjoining areas too are industrial zones- However I don't see this happening anytime soon- even when this happens, and there is SP or BSP sharing power they''ll provide stoppages at their local constituencies or areas of favor and spoil all the high speed-

I think HSR lines will be successful for short routes. For Ex a Chennai- Kolkotta line is 6000 rupees. Who will travel in it? They will book a flight instead. Most of the population get down btw locations in Chennai- and Kolkata and businessmans will prefer to travel in flight.

If it was me, I will advocate only short route HSR's in the country for now. Only long route HSR I will support is Delhi- Mumbai through Jaipur and Ahmedabad. Depending on the successess we can enlarge the networks.

 

[Eminent Mainstream Media]

I think HSR lines will be successful for short routes. For Ex a Chennai- Kolkotta line is 6000 rupees. Who will travel in it? They will book a flight instead. Most of the population get down btw locations in Chennai- and Kolkata and businessmans will prefer to travel in flight.

If it was me, I will advocate only short route HSR's in the country for now. Only long route HSR I will support is Delhi- Mumbai through Jaipur and Ahmedabad. Depending on the successess we can enlarge the networks.

I don't think aviation alone can take all the burden of traffic flow- in between Indian cities- Other than that HSR may also provide better connectivity to tier 2 cities than aviation-

Rough estimates predict 50% of Indian population living in cities by 2020 and keeping in mind current migration rates- It seem highly likely and may even Jump above predictions-

Also this Delhi Varanasi route is a section of Delhi-Kolkata route- and will have Lukhnow so Allahabad would be missed most probably-

If HSR rates could be affordable- and say someone working in Delhi is able to spend his/her weekends at their home in rural Eastern UP village should be the goal ideally- This will help in distributing economy more evenly- and aviation alone cannot take this burden of transporting as many people alone- So eventually Delhi-Kolkata, Kolkata-Chennai, and Kolkata-Mumbai will all be feasible along with Delhi-Mumbai, The only thing which is barring or hampering prospects of Mumbai-Bangalore-Chennai connected with Hyderabad is Geography and safety issues- Which means more airports and flight services for this section which also covers tier-2 cities extensively- Similarly connecting NE with HSR would a big challenge in future so the best way is to promote aviation and semi-high speed railway connectivity- people are resourceful so say a route like Kolkata-Chennai may be used by NE people in a major way- including those who work in Bangalore-

 

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Delhi To Kolkata In 5 Hours? The Spanish TALGO Bullet Train Might Make This A Reality!

Soon the travel time between Delhi and Kolkata could be cut down to as less as five hours. A firm commissioned by the Railways has suggested the running of bullet trains in the route.representational imageThe feasibility study is being undertaken for the 1513 km long Delhi-Kolkata high speed corridor along with two other routes of the Diamond Quadrilateral project, said a senior Railway Ministry official.
The corridor is estimated to cost about Rs 84,000 crore. Diamond Quadrilateral, one of the ambitious programmes of the NDA government, will connect four metro cities through high speed rail network.i.ytimg/representational imageAccording to the feasibility report by the Spanish firm, the travel time between Delhi and Kolkata on the proposed bullet train will take 4 hours 56 minutes as against the 17 hours in Rajdhani, he said.
Bullet train is expected to run about 300 km per hour on the dedicated track. There are about 12 cities including Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi and Patna between Delhi-Kolkata high speed route.indianexpressAs per the report, the travel time for Lucknow, Varanasi and Patna will also decrease significantly once the high speed corridor is commissioned. While the travel time for Lucknow is likely to be 1 hour 45 minutes, one will reach Varanasi in 2 hours 45 minutes from the national capital.The official, however, said there is no separate study for Delhi-Varanasi or Delhi-Lucknow route and the study is for the whole Delhi-Kolkata route. The final report will be submitted by the year end.
Feasibility study is also being carried out for Delhi-Mumbai and Mumbai-Chennai high speed corridors of the Diamond Quadrilateral project. T

 

[Soumitra]

I do not see how connecting with Varanasi with HSR even makes sense. I can understand Delhi Kolkata or Delhi Agra or Delhi- Lucknow.
But Varnasi? Its a temple town for god's sake.

It is part of the Delhi - Kolkata route going via lucknow. And for Delhi - Agra we have a semi HSR

 

[third eye]

Delhi-Varanasi stretch — part of the Delhi-Kolkata corridor — has been accorded topmost priority for the railways after the national transporter accelerated the Mumbai-Ahmedabad stretch by tying up funds with Japan and setting up of the High Speed Rail Corporation.

his route doesn't make economic sense

High speed rail should connect economics centres of the North
like Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Lucknow

Delhi Varanasi stretch doesn't make economic sense to me

I do not see how connecting with Varanasi with HSR even makes sense. I can understand Delhi Kolkata or Delhi Agra or Delhi- Lucknow.
But Varnasi? Its a temple town for god's sake.

Delhi - Varanasi route passes through Lucknow and shall onwards connect to Calcutta.