High-speed rail projects in India: The Ministry of Railways has set a target to complete the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for three bullet train corridors by March 2027. These include the Hyderabad-Chennai, Hyderabad-Bengaluru and Patna-Siliguri routes.
The Patna-Siliguri bullet train corridor is a part of the Varanasi-Siliguri high-speed rail (HSR) corridor. These projects were announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2026-27.
