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You'll Soon Be Able To Travel From Pune To Nashik In Just 2 Hours

Can you believe that in four years, you'll be able to travel from Pune to Nashik in just two hours! Check out the details inside.

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By: Priyanka Chakrabarti Published: Sep 03, 2020 03:20 PM IST

You'll Soon Be Able To Travel From Pune To Nashik In Just 2 Hours

The technological prowess in terms of travel is soaring to unimaginable heights with time. Can you believe that in four years from now, you’ll be able to travel from Pune to Nashik in just two hours! Deets inside. By Kumar Shree

A semi-high-speed corridor project between the cities of Pune and Nashik in Maharashtra will reduce the travel time between the two cities from the current five to six hours to just two hours by 2024.

 

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The 232-kilometre double-line track will have a train running at about 200 kilometres per hour, which will pass through three major districts of Pune, Ahmednagar, and Nashik, and will stop at 24 stations including eight major and 16 small stoppages.

As reported by The Indian Express, an official of the Maharashtra Railway Infrastructure Development Corporation (MRIDC), also known as MahaRail said, “The DPR for the ‘Greenfield Semi High-Speed Double Line Railway Network’ has received approval from Central Railway. Now we are seeking formal approval from the state government to start the construction between Pune and Nashik. Once the approvals are granted by respective authorities, the project is estimated to be completed in 1,200 days from the date of financial closure.”

 

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The project will need a total of nearly 1,470 hectares of land, and the government has already initiated the process of acquiring the same. About 112-kilometre of this project will be in Pune, 58-kilometre in Ahmednagar and 64-kilometre in Nashik. This will also establish the Mumbai-Pune-Nashik corridor, which will help boost the state’s economy.

Touted as India’s first low-cost semi-high speed corridor, this project has been estimated to be around INR 16,039 crores. The best part is that the initial speed of 200 kilometres per hour on this track will rise to 250 kilometres per hour in the future as the design is fit for an upgrade when needed.

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