Bullet train to Jammu, Guwahati? Indian Railways proposes to connect these big cities with high-speed trains

In the coming years, you will be able to travel from Delhi to Jammu and from Delhi to Guwahati on the new high-speed rail networks of Indian Railways at 300 kilometers per hour. According to the new draft of the National Rail Plan (NRP) presented by the Ministry of Railways, by 2051 several cities in India will be connected by bullet trains. Indian Railways expects to finalize this draft NRP by January 2021 after consulting with various ministries. The draft NRP proposes to extend the bullet train corridors and introduce new ones to incorporate the main cities with tourist and economic potential on the high-speed rail map.
The high-speed rail corridors already proposed, as part of the National Infrastructure Gas Pipeline (NIP), are:
1. Mumbai-Ahmedabad
2. Delhi – Agra – Lucknow-Varanasi
3. Delhi – Chandigarh – Amritsar
4. Delhi – Udaipur-Ahmedabad
5. Mumbai – Nasik-Nagpur
6. Mumbai-Hyderabad
7. Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysore
According to the draft NRP, the following high-density passenger routes have been identified for the introduction of bullet trains:
1. Expansion of the Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar bullet train corridor to Jammu via Pathankot. The aim is to give an economic boost to Jammu and Pathankot and also to serve the tourism potential of Vaishno Devi.
2. Delhi-Agra-Kanpur-Lucknow-Varanasi The bullet train corridor will head through Ayodhya. This has also been proposed in the draft report of the Delhi-Varanasi High Speed ​​Rail Corridor Survey.
3. Delhi-Agra-Kanpur-Lucknow-Varanasi The bullet train corridor will be expanded to Patna and Kolkata..
4. A new bullet train corridor from Patna to Guwahati via Katihar and New Jalpaiguri. The new corridor will help connect Guwahati with the Delhi-Agra-Kanpur-Lucknow-Varanasi bullet train corridor.
5. A Bullet train corridor between Hyderabad and Bangalore extending the Mumbai-Hyderabad line. This will connect Mumbai with Chennai and will also help bring northern Indian cities like Jammu, Amritsar, Delhi and Jaipur closer to Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai.
6. Another high-speed rail line is proposed between Nagpur and Varanasi expanding the Mumbai – Nashik – Nagpur corridor. The goal is to connect Mumbai with Varanasi, which in turn will connect with the Delhi-Varanasi-Patna-Guwahati corridor.
The draft plan talks about the phased implementation of the bullet train corridors:

According to the draft NRP, some of the most used corridors for passenger trains include; Delhi-Mumbai via Kota Ratlam and Delhi Guwahati via Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Delhi-Kolkata via Kanpur, Prayagraj, Mughalsarai. With the increase in rail traffic, the average speed of passenger trains has been affected and the national carrier is losing out to other modes of transport due to speed, says the document, which justifies the need for high-speed rail connectivity .
India’s first bullet train project is already being implemented between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The project has been delayed due to obstacles in the acquisition of land. Last month, TOI reported Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s discontent with the Maharashtra government for failing to honor its end of the bargain. Prime Minister Modi is believed to have told railway officials to complete the part of the high-speed train project in Gujarat if the problems in Maharashtra are not resolved.