Jaipur: If you have frequent trips from Jaipur to both Delhi and Mumbai, it's good news for you. If all goes right the travel time between the pink city and the political and commercial capital of the country could be reduced dramatically. Indian Railways is going to establish a Golden Rail Corridor, which will have trains running at a semi high speed of 160-200 kph between Mumbai and New Delhi. Railway has marked three potential corridors for the Golden Rail Corridor, two of the three proposed corridors pass through Jaipur.
Potential Corridors:
Route A: Delhi - Jaipur - Ajmer - Palanpur - Ahmedabad - Vadodara - Surat - Mumbai
Route B: Delhi - Jaipur - Udaipur - Ahmedabad - Vadodara - Surat - Mumbai
Route C: Delhi - Agra - Kota - Ratlam - Vadodara - Surat - Mumbai
If Route A or Route B is selected for the corridor, the 303 km distance between New Delhi and Jaipur could be traveled in just 90 minutes. On the Jaipur-Mumbai route, currently it takes around 14 to 16 hours. In the case of semi-high speed trains, this travel time could be reduced to 6 to 7 hours.
The project is going to be a low cost affair as only Rs 5000 crores will be spent in the infrastructure of the new Golden Rail Corridor. The most distinguishing characteristic is that it does not require a separate track, so the railways will not have to acquire separate land for the project making it more cost effective.
A Delhi - Jaipur Semi-high speed train was announced in the last rail budget, so far we have not received any proposal. A Japanese team did a survey in Mumbai.
Lalit Bohra,
P.R.O, North - Western Railway
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