Bullet train for Varanasi

After Ahmedabad, it is the turn of Varanasi to get a bullet train project. The National High speed Rail Corporation has started the survey to facilitate the commencing of the next bullet train project between Varanasi and Kolkata

The portion of the proposed Varanasi-Howrah Bullet Train Project that falls in Bhojpur and Buxar is being surveyed on the ground by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited. Similarly, the personnel who came to survey in Udwantnagar received mixed reactions from Bihar’s villagers according to media reports.

Udwantnagar in Bihar will become a rail, road, and bullet train hub. The process of acquiring land for the four-lane Asni-Udwantnagar and AraSasaram sections of the Ara Ring Road has already begun. At the same time, efforts are being made on the same route for a Bullet Train

Varanasi has two sets of Vandebharat train, an international airport, cargo hub for inland water transport and string of expressways connecting it various parts of Uttar Pradesh all built in the last nine years. The railway track between Delhi and Kolkata via Varanasi is being strengthened to run high speed trains. A sum of Rs 7000 crores have been earmarked by the Railways for the Varanasi Railway station development project.