Chennai–Mysuru high-speed rail corridor

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Chennai–Mysuru High Speed Rail Corridor
Overview
StatusDPR to be prepared
OwnerIndian Railways
Locale
Termini
Stations9
Websitewww.nhsrcl.in
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
Operator(s)National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited
Rolling stockE5 Series Shinkansen
History
Planned opening2051; 27 years' time (2051) [1]
Technical
Line length435 km (270 mi)
CharacterElevated, underground, grade-separated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV AC, 50 Hz, overhead catenary
Operating speed320 km/h (200 mph)
Route map

Legend
Chennai
Poonamallee
Arakkonam
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
border
 Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
border
 Bangarapet
Bengaluru
Channapatna
Mandya
Mysuru
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The Chennai-Mysuru high speed rail corridor is India's third high-speed rail project after the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor and Delhi Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor. The 435 km HSR corridor will connect Chennai to Mysuru through 9 stations.

History[edit]

In 2013, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, suggested that the state wanted to run bullet trains from Mysuru to Chennai via Bengaluru, and was conducting talks with his counterparts in Japan about the topic.[2] He commented that the journey could be done in less than two hours, though no studies had yet been conducted prior to those words.

A feasibility study by China on the project was submitted to the Federal Government in June 2015.[3] While Germany also proposed to conduct its own feasibility study at the same time.[4] The then Railways Minister, Suresh Prabhu, suggested that the route would be one of the next high-speed railways to be implemented in India.[5]

Japan Railway Technical Service (JARTS) and Oriental Consultants submitted a feasibility study in early 2016 about constructing the high-speed railway line through a PPP with the government.[6] French state-owned company SNCF also expressed an interest in building a high-speed railway line too.

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.[7]

During the June 2017 opening of Bengaluru's Green Line Metro, Japan’s Ambassador to India, Kenji Hiramatsu, suggested that the railway line should be built with support from Japanese development funds.[8]

Description[edit]

The high-speed railway line would mainly be built alongside the existing railway between the two cities. However, a 38-kilometre long (24 mi) viaduct between Bangarapet and Vaniyambadi, as well as a 44-kilometre long (27 mi) viaduct between Katpadi and Arakkonam, would need to be constructed due to hilly terrain.[9]

There would be two new railway stations built underground in Chennai and one at Bengaluru, would witness the high-speed trains, running at around 320 km/h (200 mph)[9]

Stations[edit]

The Chennai Mysuru high speed rail corridor is planned to have a total of nine stations.[10]

Project status[edit]

2018[edit]

  • November: German government submitted a feasibility study to the Railway Board[11]

2020[edit]

  • June: Indian Railways sanctioned the feasibility studies for the corridor[12]

2021[edit]

  • February: Aarvee-GSL awarded the contract for Chennai-Mysuru HSR's LiDAR & Alignment Design contract.[citation needed]

2022[edit]

  • July: Infrastructure Minister of Karnataka, V. Somanna reveled that the centre had asked NHSRCL to submit the DPR to implement the project. The state government held a high level meeting and discussed about alignment going through the upcoming 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru highway. While the state government is set to provide the land, the centre will bear the entire project's cost.[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Railway Budget 2021: Indian Railways to focus on new bullet train networks in coming years?". The Times of India. 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Karnataka to operate bullet trains from Bangalore to Mysore and Chennai". Railway Technology. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Projects: Chennai-Bangaluru-Mysore". High Speed Rail Corporation of India. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Study of High Speed Rail Project from Germany on Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru sector". Mysuru Today. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Suresh Prabhu promises new bullet train routes". dna. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  6. ^ "(untitled)". Construction Intelligence Center. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Chennai to Bangalore in Just 30 minutes - Hyperloop's high-speed train headed to India". Detechter. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  8. ^ DH News Service (18 June 2017). "Japan pushes for B'luru-Chennai high-speed rail". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Bangalore to Chennai Bullet Train". Webeo Transportation. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  10. ^ Agarwal, Anshu (22 February 2021). "Aarvee-GSL Wins Chennai-Mysuru HSR's LiDAR & Alignment Design".
  11. ^ "Chennai-Mysore via Bengaluru in 2 HRS 25 mins! Germany proposes bullet train; submits study to Indian Railways". 23 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Wow! Indian Railways eyes 7 more bullet train corridors; all will be open to PPP investments". 21 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Mysuru-Chennai high-speed rail: Govt. to acquire land". Star of Mysore. 30 July 2022.
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