Amaravati-Hyderabad bullet train to cut travel to 70 minutes; Vaishnaw unveils south India rail plan
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a new high-speed rail corridor that will reduce travel time between Amaravati and Hyderabad to 70 minutes, with broader plans to connect major South Indian cities. The project includes a 57-kilometre line and a bridge over the Krishna River, and will link cities including Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, and Mumbai with significantly reduced travel times. Vaishnaw also confirmed the formal creation of the South Coast Railway zone on June 1, 2026. The announcements were made during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Google AI Data Centre.
- ▪The Amaravati-Hyderabad bullet train will cut travel time to 70 minutes via a 57-kilometre line and a three-kilometre bridge over the Krishna River.
- ▪The South Coast Railway zone will be officially notified on June 1, 2026, fulfilling a long-pending demand from Andhra Pradesh.
- ▪The high-speed rail network aims to connect Amaravati, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, and Mumbai with travel times under two hours for most routes.
- ▪Hyderabad to Pune will take 1 hour 55 minutes, Pune to Mumbai 48 minutes, and Chennai to Bengaluru 73 minutes under the proposed plan.
- ▪The announcement was made by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Google AI Data Centre.
- ▪The broader high-speed rail plan includes multiple city pairs across southern and western India with drastically reduced intercity travel durations.
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Travel between the State capital, Amaravati, and Hyderabad will be cut to 70 minutes on a new high-speed rail corridor, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday (April 28, 2026). He also announced that the South Coast Railway (SCoR) zone, a long-standing demand from Andhra Pradesh, would be formally notified on June 1, 2026. The bullet-train project involves a new 57-kilometre line from Errupalem to Namburu and a three-kilometre bridge across the Krishna river.Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Google AI Data Centre, Mr. Vaishnaw said the proposed high-speed network would link Amaravati, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune and Mumbai. Hyderabad to Pune would take one hour and 55 minutes, Pune to Mumbai 48 minutes, Chennai to Bengaluru 73 minutes, Hyderabad to Bengaluru about two hours and eight minutes, and Amaravati to Chennai 112 minutes, he said.
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