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Delhi–Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor (Delhi–Varanasi HSR) is India's second High-speed rail project after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor. The 958-kilometre (595 mi) HSR corridor will connect Varanasi to Delhi through 13 stations along with a 123 km long spur connecting Lucknow and Ayodhya.
As of 2023, it maintains over 108,706 km (67,547 mi) of tracks and operates over 13,000 trains daily. According to the Ministry of Railways, a route capable of supporting trains operating at more than 160 km/h (100 mph) is considered as a higher speed or semi-high speed rail line.
The 20171/20172 Rani Kamalapati - Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express is India's 11th and the fastest Vande Bharat Express train in service, connecting the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi with a maximum permissible speed of 160 km/h (99 mph).
After the DPR was prepared, the construction was planned to start in the later half of 2020s. The alignment was chosen to run along with some of the existing railway line and highway in order to reduce the burden of land acquisition as experienced in other railway projects in India, such as the Mumbai-Ahmedabad line and Delhi Metro Pink Line which were significantly delayed due to land ...
The 22415/22416 Varanasi - New Delhi -Varanasi Vande Bharat SF Express is India's 35th Vande Bharat Superfast Express train, connecting the city of Varanasi with the capital city of India, New Delhi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This will be the 2nd Vande Bharat Express train which will run on the New Delhi-Varanasi train line after 15 February 2019.
In 2006, with the ongoing expansion of the Delhi Metro, the plan was under consideration as a part of Delhi Metro's expansion to towns in the vicinity. [14] In 2013, the Government of India established the National Capital Region Transport Corporation to implement eight planned Regional Rapid Transit Systems (RRTS) aimed at decongesting Delhi ...
The Rajdhani Express ran for the first time in 1969 from New Delhi to Howrah. It took 17 hours 20 minutes to cover the distance of 1,445 km. [9] The first Duronto non-stop express was launched on 18 September 2009, between Sealdah and New Delhi. It was followed by several such trains between other stations. [10]
Howrah–New Delhi Rajdhani Express is the fastest train on this route as it covers this journey in 19 hours and 25 minutes. Some of the other fast trains such as Poorva Express take around twenty-three hours. Some of the slower trains such as Toofan Express and Lal Quila, with more frequent stoppages, take around thirty hours. [10]