The Detailed Project Report for the proposed Hyderabad–Pune–Mumbai high-speed rail corridor has been completed, marking a significant advancement in India’s expanding bullet train programme announced under Union Budget 2026-27. Trains on the 671-kilometre corridor are expected to operate at speeds of nearly 300 kmph, reducing the Hyderabad–Mumbai journey to between 2 hours 55 minutes and 3 hours 13 minutes, against the current 12 to 15 hours by road and conventional rail.
The route traverses three states, 93 km through Telangana, 121 km through Karnataka, and 457 km through Maharashtra with proposed stations at Kokapet, Vikarabad, Kalaburagi, Solapur, Pandharpur, Baramati, Pune, Lonavala, Navi Mumbai, and Thane, among others. Engineering complexity is considerable, with 35.3 km of underground tunnels planned through Maharashtra’s hilly terrain, 101 bridges including 13 steel bridges, and major river crossings over the Mula-Mutha, Bhima, and Bori rivers.
Each train will carry approximately 1,215 passengers across 16 coaches, with early projections estimating daily ridership exceeding 63,000 in the corridor’s first year of operation.
