Chennai–Bengaluru high-speed rail corridor

The Chennai–Bengaluru high-speed rail corridor (or Madras–Bangalore high-speed rail corridor) is a proposed 340-kilometer long high-speed railway line that connects two major economic and state capitals in the southern parts of the Republic of India, Chennai and Bengaluru.[1][2]

Construction has yet to begin and the project still remains standing as a distant proposal. Several feasibility studies have been completed, notable by Germany and China, who have come to the conclusion that the costs of infrastructure improvement are too high for benefits to be obtained.[3]

The proposal would see the journey times between the two cities reduced to around ninety minutes with upgrading work costing around 200Rs/km.[4]

History

The current journey from Chennai to Bengaluru run at 55 kmph and takes 6-7 hours to complete, with ticket prices starting for Second Seating as little as ₹150 and for Sleeper Class at ₹230.The Shatabdi Express runs at an average of 70 kmph, covering the distance in 5 hours with ticket prices starting at ₹975. [5]

Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, suggested that the state wanted to run bullet trains to Chennai, and was conducting talks with his counterparts in Japan about the topic.[6] He commented that the journey could be done in less that one hour though no studies had yet been conducted prior to those words.[3]

A feasibility study by China on the project was submitted to the Federal Government in June 2015.[7] While Germany also proposed to conduct its own feasibility study at the same time.[8] The then Railways Minister, Suresh Prabhu, suggested that the route would be one of the next high-speed railways to be implemented in India.[9]

Japan Railway Technical Service (JARTS) and Oriental Consultants submitted a feisability study in early 2016 about constructing the high-speed railway line through a PPP with the government.[10] In mid-2016, the government of Andhra Pradesh floated a Special Purpose Vehicle to support the creation of high-speed railways passing through the state.[11] French state-owned company SNCF also expressed an interest in building a high-speed railway line too.[12]

In early 2017, Indian Railways (IR) responded to a proposal by Elon Musk for a Hyperloop to connect the two cities in thirty minutes, saying that it would be unlikely due to government bureaucracy.[13]

During the June 2017 opening of Bengaluru's Green Line, Japan’s Ambassador to India, Kenji Hiramatsu, suggested that the railway line should be built with support from Japanese development funds.[14]

Description

The high-speed railway line would mainly be built along side the existing railway between the two cities. However, a 38-kilometre viaduct between Bangarapet and Vaniyambadi, as well as a 44-kilometre viaduct between Katpadi and Arakkonam, would need to be constructed due to hilly terrain.[15]

There would be two new railway stations built underground in Bengaluru, while Chennai would witness the high-speed trains, running at around 350 km/h, terminating at its existing central station.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "High-speed rail: Germany to study Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore route". The Economic Times. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  2. ↑ "High-speed B'luru-Chennai rail may be scrapped - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  3. 1 2 "High-speed rail: Germany to study Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru route - Star of Mysore". Star of Mysore. 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  4. ↑ User, Super. "Survey on for bullet train service between Mysore-Bangalore-Chennai - Business Bytes - Construction Business Today". constructionbusinesstoday.in. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  5. ↑ "The Times Group". epaperbeta.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  6. ↑ "Karnataka to operate bullet trains from Bangalore to Mysore and Chennai". Railway Technology. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to HSRC". hsrc.in. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  8. ↑ "Study of High Speed Rail Project from Germany on Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru sector - Mysuru Today". Mysuru Today. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  9. ↑ "Suresh Prabhu promises new bullet train routes | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  10. ↑ "Construction Intelligence Center". www.construction-ic.com. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  11. ↑ "High-speed trains from Amaravati to Chennai soon". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  12. ↑ "Reality check on bullet train ambition". 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  13. ↑ "Chennai to Bangalore in Just 30 minutes - Hyperloop's high-speed train headed to India". Detechter. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  14. ↑ "Japan pushes for B'luru-Chennai high-speed rail". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  15. 1 2 "Webeo Transportation". Webeo Transportation. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
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