RVNL submits final feasibility report of Delhi-Kolkata Bullet Train corridor
Kolkata: Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) submitted its final feasibility report of a high-speed bullet train in the Delhi-Kolkata corridor earlier this month. A bullet train — capable of covering the 1,474.48km distance between the two metropolises in 5.24 hours flat, at a speed of 250kmph to 270kmph — would cut down surface travel time between the two metropolises by around 12 hours. The current fastest train on this route, the Rajdhani Express, takes around 17 hours. The project will be completed in phases, starting in 2021, said a railway source. The Delhi-Varanasi corridor will be covered in the first phase. Within that, the Delhi-Lucknow stretch will become operational by 2029, and the first phase will be completed by 2031. For "bullet-speed" travel to Kolkata, you"ll have to wait till 2039, a source added. The terminal station will be Shalimar. "We had also thought of the Kolkata (Chitpore) station. But congestion is higher on the east bank of the Hooghl...