Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that feasibility studies for the development of high-speed rail corridors have been initiated by the railways on three Golden Quadrilateral routes: Delhi-Kolkata, Delhi-Mumbai, and Mumbai-Chennai.
In a written response to an inquiry, the minister also stated that the railways have drafted detailed project reports (DPR) for the establishment of high-speed rail (HSR) corridors on seven routes, which include Delhi-Varanasi, Delhi-Ahmedabad, and Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar.