Bullet Train To Pass Through These 7 Rajasthan Districts, 9 Stations On 657-KM Route
Rajasthan Bullet Train: Of the 11 stations planned on the Ahmedabad-Delhi bullet train route, 7 will be in Rajasthan: Udaipur, Dungarpur, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Jaipur, and more.
The dream of a bullet train in Rajasthan is inching closer to reality, with plans underway to extend the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor all the way to Delhi. The proposed extension will pass through key cities like Udaipur, Ajmer, Jaipur, and Alwar, covering a stretch of approximately 878 km.
Meanwhile, construction of the original 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad route is progressing rapidly, with 300 km of track work already completed. Once finished, the bullet train is expected to zip across the corridor at speeds of up to 350 km per hour.
In February 2025, during the Winter Session of Parliament, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav confirmed in a written reply that a detailed DPR of the Delhi-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor has been prepared. The Railway Ministry is currently examining the feasibility of the report, though the DPR has not been made public.
Notably, a high-speed trial track for the bullet train is under construction in Rajasthan, near the Sambhar Lake, one kilometre from Nawa town in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, which falls under the Jodhpur Railway Division.
The proposed 878 km high-speed rail corridor between Delhi and Ahmedabad will see 75 percent of its route passing through Rajasthan, covering a distance of 657 km within the state.
Bullet Train To Pass Through These Rajasthan Districts
The Delhi-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor will traverse 335 villages across seven districts in Rajasthan, including Alwar, Jaipur, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, and Dungarpur. Eleven stations are planned along this route, seven of which will be in Rajasthan, specifically in Udaipur, Dungarpur (Kherwara), Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Ajmer, Kishangarh, Jaipur, and Alwar (Behror).
Jodhpur, which has long awaited high-speed rail connectivity, will not be part of this bullet train project. The city was excluded from the initial survey and final DPR of the Ahmedabad-Delhi corridor.
A 64 km long high-speed test railway track is being constructed in the Jodhpur Railway Division at a cost of Rs 800 crore, where the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train will also run first. Currently, travel from Jodhpur to Mumbai and Delhi takes between 11 to 16 hours.
Udaipur Set To Gain The Most
Under the Delhi-Ahmedabad bullet train project, nine stations will be constructed in Rajasthan, including Behror, Shahjahanpur, Jaipur, Ajmer, Vijaynagar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, and Dungarpur.
Udaipur is set to benefit significantly, with a total of 127 km of track being built in the district, passing over five rivers and through eight tunnels. The proposed track will start from Dwarka Sector 21 in Delhi, enter Gurugram at Chauma, and then proceed to the Shahjahanpur border of Alwar via Manesar and Rewari. It will run parallel to National Highway 48, passing through Jaipur, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, and finally reaching Ahmedabad.
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