Bengaluru-Chennai Bullet Train: Travel Time Slashed to 73 Minutes

• Union Budget proposes high-speed rail corridors linking Bengaluru with Chennai and Hyderabad, placing Bengaluru on India’s bullet train map.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed Bengaluru's inclusion in the High-Speed Diamond Project, connecting Chennai, Hyderabad, and Amaravati.
• Travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai is projected to be just 1 hour and 13 minutes, while Bengaluru-Hyderabad will take approximately two hours.
• Reduced travel durations could foster stronger business ties, workforce mobility, and economic integration between these major cities.
• Karnataka receives Rs 7,748 crore in the current railway budget, with projects worth Rs 53,000 crore currently under execution across the state.

Why It Matters: Bengaluru to Chennai travel time will be drastically cut to 73 minutes with the new bullet train proposal.