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Apart from this, the 190 km journey from Amritsar to Katra can be completed in one hour. This train will run from Amritsar and reach Katra in one hour via Batala, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Samba, Jammu.
This demand was made in Parliament in 2017
After the work on this project started, former BJP MP and former state president Shwet Malik has thanked the Prime Minister of the country Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav. He said that his efforts have borne fruit and Amritsar-Delhi and Amritsar-Katra bullet trains have been started on his demand.
He said that for this he had demanded in the Parliament in the year 2017 that Amritsar Jammu bullet train should be run for Delhi Amritsar and Katra. This project was passed in the year 2018 and its tender was issued in 2020, now the work is going to start.
During his tenure as a Member of Parliament, he tried to start work on the Amritsar-Delhi and Amritsar-Katra High Speed Rail Corridor projects, which have now been approved by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and work on both the projects has started.
The 465 km journey will be completed in 1 hour 40 minutes
He said that after the completion of the Amritsar-Delhi bullet train project, the 465 km journey from Amritsar to Delhi will be completed in one hour and 40 minutes, which will save a lot of time of the people and will facilitate commuting. After completing his work in Delhi, he returned to Amritsar at night.
The Amritsar-Delhi bullet train will reach Amritsar via Delhi, Kaithal, Jind, Ambala, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar on its route. The maximum speed of this train will be 350 kmph, while the operating speed will be 320 kmph and the average speed will be 250 kmph. The capacity of this train will be 750 passengers. He said that a high speed train will also be run for the holy city of Katra in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
Thanks to PM Modi
Shwet Malik said that to make Amritsar Railway Station world class, the station has been renovated at a cost of Rs 500 crore, which includes 2 lifts, 2 new platforms, 5 lifts, granite on platforms, air-conditioned waiting room, retiring room, free Wi-Fi facility, air-conditioned rest room for passengers, construction of Bhandari Railway Over Bridge and completion of Rigo Railway Over Bridge, three new platforms at Chheharta Railway Station, 2 new washing lines etc.
He said that with the support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, late Arun Jaitley, former Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, Rs 300 crore was made available from NITI Aayog for the Amritsar-Ferozepur rail link, on which work is in progress.