Seven high-speed rail corridors on cards, Railways gets ₹2.77 lakh crore

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed seven high-speed rail corridors and allocated ₹2,77,830 crore to the railways ministry for capital expenditure in 2026-27, an 10.25% increase from ₹2,52,000 crore in 2025-26.

Presenting the Union Budget, Sitharaman said, “In order to promote environmentally sustainable passenger systems, we will develop seven high-speed rail corridors between cities as growth connectors..Mumbai to Pune, Pune to Hyderabad, Hyderabad to Bengaluru, Hyderabad to Chennai, Chennai to Bengaluru, Delhi to Varanasi, Varanasi to Siliguri.”