The three rail corridors announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Interim Budget of 2024-25 will cost the Centre Rs 11 trillion and add 40,000 kilometres (km) of tracks to the already existing railway network, Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister for railways, said on Thursday.
“Once the three corridors are completed, we will have enough capacity that the problem of waiting lists will be over,” he added.
According to the minister, the national transporter has taken its learnings from the development of Vande Bharat and Amrit Bharat trains and will use these to upgrade 40,000 bogies for a safer and speedier experience.
