Delhi To Ayodhya In Just Three Hours! Yes, That's How Quickly Bullet Train Will Take You There

As the government eyes to place Ayodhya in the world tourism map, the city is all set to get an infrastructure boost.

Among the proposals to improve connectivity are a new airport and bullet train.

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Apart from the Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram International Airport project which has been fast-tracked, there is also a proposal to connect Ayodhya and the national capital with a bullet train service.

The bullet train which will run at 320km/hours will reduce the travel time between the two cities to 3 hours.

Anoop Kumar Agarwal, executive director of National High Speed Rail Corporation, visited Ayodhya last week to finalise the site for the railway station.

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He said that there is a "plan to directly connect the city of Lord Ram with the national capital".

An aerial survey has been done and the plan has also been approved by the Centre.

A 130km railway track will be laid connecting Ayodhya to Lucknow, which will be part of the 941.5km high-speed railway corridor linking Delhi to Varanasi via Agra-Lucknow-Allahabad. A portion of high-speed train railway corridor may go underground in Lucknow and Agra, the official said.

"National High Speed Rail Corporation will begin work as soon as we receive a no-objection certificate from the AAI. It will take seven years for completion of the project," he added.

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Two pairs of bullet trains will be running on the route ¡ª one between New Delhi and Ayodhya and another between New Delhi and Varanasi. The cost of the entire project of connecting Ayodhya and Varanasi with Delhi through high speed bullet trains is estimated to be Rs 200 lakh crore.