Jewar to Lucknow in 100 minutes? Contained in the Delhi-Varanasi bullet prepare venture, Ashwini Vaishnaw’s massive plan
The proposed Delhi-Varanasi bullet prepare venture, which is able to go by Jewar in Uttar Pradesh, is anticipated to scale back journey time between Jewar and Lucknow to roughly one hour and 40 minutes, whereas the general journey from Delhi to Lucknow will take about two hours and 10 minutes, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated on Saturday.
The venture was introduced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman within the Union Price range for 2026-27. In the meantime, work is already underway on India’s first bullet prepare hall connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Vaishnaw on Delhi-Jewar-Lucknow-Varanasi bullet prepare venture
Talking at an occasion in Jewar on Saturday, Vaishnaw stated the proposed Delhi-Varanasi bullet prepare will scale back journey time throughout Uttar Pradesh as soon as it turns into operational.
He stated the journey from Delhi to Lucknow will take about two hours and 10 minutes, whereas passengers travelling from Jewar to Lucknow will full the journey in about one hour and 40 minutes, Hindustan reported.
“Simply because the Ganga flows, the bullet prepare will run in the identical method,” he was quoted as saying in a number of media experiences.
Vaishnaw additionally stated the proposed Delhi-Lucknow-Varanasi bullet prepare hall would rework connectivity in Uttar Pradesh and supply a serious push to industrial and financial improvement.
Earlier in April, Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh met Vaishnaw and requested a high-speed rail hyperlink to the newly opened Noida Worldwide Airport.
Notably, industrial flight operations at Noida airport started on June 15. Constructed throughout 1,300 hectares in jewarthe airport is anticipated to deal with round 12 million passengers yearly throughout its first part.
It has additionally change into the second-largest airport within the Nationwide Capital Area (NCR) after Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Worldwide (IGI) airport, the nation’s busiest airport. As soon as all phases are accomplished, the airport is anticipated to serve as much as 70 million passengers yearly.
Contained in the proposed venture
The Delhi-Varanasi Excessive-Pace Rail hall is without doubt one of the seven new bullet prepare initiatives introduced within the Union Price range 2026-27. Stretching about 813 kilometres, the hall is deliberate to attach a number of key cities.
Other than the Delhi-Varanasi route, the opposite proposed high-speed rail corridors embody Mumbai-Pune, Pune-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Hyderabad-Chennai, Chennai-Bengaluru and Varanasi-Siliguri.
Officers consider the Delhi-Varanasi hall will play a key function in enhancing connectivity between the nationwide capital and one of many nation’s main spiritual locations.
Railway officers had earlier instructed HT that the proposed stations alongside the route are anticipated to incorporate Delhi, Noida, Jewar Airport, Mathura, Agra, Firozabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Raebareli, Prayagraj, New Bhadohi, Lucknow, and Varanasi, linking Uttar Pradesh’s political, spiritual, and industrial centres.
