Indian Railways to bundle approvals and speed bullet train corridors across seven routes

Approvals will come together to dodge past land delays

Indian Railways is planning to fast-track new bullet train projects using bundled approvals, aiming to cut delays in land acquisition and execution. Standardised designs are expected to ramp up manufacturing, while pre-cast construction should improve on-ground deployment speed. Seven corridors are in the pipeline, including Mumbai-Pune and Delhi-Varanasi, with the approach meant to avoid delays witnessed earlier on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.