Overview

• Addressing an industry summit in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said a survey is underway for a high‑speed link connecting Hyderabad, Chennai, Amaravati and Bengaluru.
• Media reports say RITES has begun feasibility and DPR work for a Hyderabad–Chennai corridor that is preliminarily described as about 705 km with design speeds up to 350 km/h and projected running at 320 km/h.
• Early estimates reported by outlets suggest the Hyderabad–Chennai journey could drop from roughly 12 hours to about 2 hours 20 minutes if the project proceeds.
• Reporting also describes the corridor as part of a planned southern high‑speed ‘triangle,’ with a parallel study said to be in progress for a Hyderabad–Bengaluru line.
• Separately, Indian Railways said Gujarat stations on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad route are nearing completion and confirmed the Vishwamitri River bridge is finished, the 17th of 21 river bridges in the state; Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined ambitions for a 7,000‑km high‑speed network and said Mumbai–Ahmedabad services are targeted to start within a few years.