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{{short description|High speed rail corridor}}
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{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = Delhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor
| image                           = Map of India high-speed rail corridors according to National Rail Plan.JPG
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| type                            = [[High-speed rail]]
| system                          =
| status                          = Approved
| locale                          = [[Delhi]]<br/>[[Uttar Pradesh]]<br/>[[Bihar]]<br/>[[Jharkhand]]<br/>[[West Bengal]]
| start                           = {{rws|New Delhi}}
| end                             = {{rws|Howrah}}
| stations                        = TBA
| daily_ridership                 =
| owner                           =
| operator                        = [[Indian Railways]]
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| linelength                      = {{convert|1669|km|abbr=on}}
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| gauge                           = {{track gauge|1435mm}} [[standard gauge]]
| electrification                 = 25 kV AC [[overhead lines]]
| speed                           = {{convert|320|km/h|abbr=on}}
| elevation                       =
| map                             = {{Delhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor}}
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The '''Delhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor'''<ref>{{cite web|title=More bullet train networks! Know Indian Railways high-speed rail plans for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/bullet-train-network-to-connect-delhi-mumbai-kolkata-chennai-know-about-plans-for-high-speed-rail/1276221/|accessdate=5 September 2018|publisher=Financial Express|date=10 August 2018}}</ref> is one of the route of the proposed [[high-speed rail in India]]. The line is part of the [[Diamond Quadrilateral]] Program, which seeks to unite the cities of [[New Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Chennai]] via high speed rail. This travels along the [[Howrah-Delhi Main Line|Howrah-Delhi main line]] from [[Tundla]] to [[Howrah]]. The train expects to cut the journey time for the {{convert|1500|km|abbr=on}} between the national capital of [[India]], [[New Delhi]], and the capital of the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], the city of [[Kolkata]], to just 5 hours 30 minutes.
According to the British company Mott McDonald, which undertook a pre-feasibility study of the project, the estimated cost for construction will be around {{INRConvert|5|t}}. The speed expected is {{convert|200|–|320|km/h|abbr=on}}. A second phase of the project has been already taken up to extend the corridor to the [[Howrah station|Howrah Terminus (Howrah Railway Station)]] in the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area|metropolitan city of Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to HSRC |url=http://hsrc.in/projects.html|website=hsrc.in |accessdate=6 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niticentral.com/2014/06/18/narendra-modi-will-make-indian-railways-world-class-231853.html |title=Narendra Modi will make Indian Railways world-class &#124; India News Analysis and Op-Ed Commentary &#124; Politics &#124; Governance &#124; Economic Freedom &#124; National Interest |accessdate=20 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621020607/http://www.niticentral.com/2014/06/18/narendra-modi-will-make-indian-railways-world-class-231853.html |archivedate=21 June 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
Currently, the international consortium INECO-TYPSA-ICT is carrying out the feasibility study.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.expansion.com/agencia/efe/2015/11/24/21389891.html |title=Ineco y Typsa harán el estudio de viabilidad del AVE de la India - Expansion.com| website=www.expansion.com |access-date=15 March 2017}}</ref>
== Status Update ==
'''Delhi-Varanasi Corridor (Phase I)'''
*'''October 2020''': Feasibility report submitted to Ministry of Railways<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://urbantransportnews.com/news/lidar-survey-begins-for-indias-delhi-varanasi-high-speed-bullet-train-project|title=LiDAR survey begins}}</ref>
*'''December 2020''': NHSRCL to conduct ground survey using LiDAR technique<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/delhi-varanasi-bullet-train-project-nhsrcl-to-conduct-ground-survey-using-lidar-technique-11607347001708.html|title=Delhi-Varanasi bullet train project: NHSRCL to conduct ground survey using LiDAR technique|date=7 December 2025 }}</ref>
*'''January 2025''': NHSRCL starts LiDAR survey<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/delhi-varanasi-bullet-train-project-lidar-aerial-ground-survey-starts-11610289970028.html|title=Delhi - Varanasi bullet train project: LiDAR(Aerial Ground) survey starts|date=10 January 2021 }}</ref>
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! Description
! Designed <br> speed <br> (km/h) <br>
! Length <br> (km) <br>
! Construction <br> start date <br>
! Open date <br>
|- style="background:#bcffc5;"
| style="font-size:100%; | '''Delhi–Kolkata''' <br> high-speed corridor
| style="font-size:95%; text-align:left" | HSR Corridors of Northern and Eastern India, consisting of the Delhi-Varanasi section & Varanasi-Kolkata.
| '''350'''
| '''1669'''
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| [[Delhi–Varanasi high-speed rail corridor|Delhi–Varanasi section]]
| style="font-size:95%; text-align:left" |
| 350
| 958
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|-style="background:#bcffc5;"
| [[Varanasi–Howrah high-speed rail corridor|Varanasi–Kolkata section]]
| style="font-size:95%; text-align:left" |
| 350
| 711
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/aug/04/slide-show-1-delhi-agra-lucknow-patna-bullet-trains-soon.htm Delhi-Agra, Lucknow-Patna bullet trains soon?]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105233533/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-12/lucknow/28683188_1_pune-mumbai-ahmedabad-delhi-chandigarh-amritsar-delhi-agra-lucknow-varanasi-patna City may get high speed train]
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