Delhi–Amritsar high-speed rail corridor

Delhi–Amritsar High Speed Rail Corridor is a planned high-speed rail line connecting India's capital, New Delhi and Punjab's city Amritsar. It was one of the six new high-speed rail corridors planned in 2019.^[3][4]

Delhi–Amritsar High Speed Rail Corridor
Overview
Status	DPR under preparation
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Delhi Haryana Punjab
Termini	Delhi Amritsar
Stations	15
Website	www.nhsrcl.in
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited
Rolling stock	E10 Series Shinkansen
History
Planned opening	2051; 26 years' time (2051) [1]
Technical
Line length	459[2] km (285 mi)
Character	Elevated, underground and At-grade
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC, 50 Hz, overhead catenary
Operating speed	320 km/h (200 mph)
Route map Legend Amritsar Jalandhar Ludhiana Punjab Chandigarh border Mohali Punjab Haryana border Ambala Kurukshetra Panipat Sonipat Haryana Delhi border Delhi This diagram: view talk edit

The high-speed route connecting important cities of Northern India will cut short the distance from existing six hours to under two.^[3]

Stations

The train would start from Dwarka in Delhi, and will have stoppages at Sonipat, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Mohali, Ludhiana and Jalandhar.^[5]

Amritsar–Jammu

Main article: Amritsar–Jammu high-speed rail corridor

According to the National Rail Plan (NRP) unveiled by the Ministry of Railways, the Delhi–Amritsar line would be extended until Jammu via Pathankot, in order to provide economic boost to Jammu as well as to improve tourism connectivity for Vaishno Devi.^[6]

See also

• High-speed rail in India
  • Delhi–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor
  • Delhi–Varanasi high-speed rail corridor