National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited - NHSRCL

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has been incorporated since 2016 to manage the High Speed Rail Corridor in India. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India.^[1]

NHSRCL was formed under the Companies Act, 2013. The objective of this body is the development and implementation of the high-speed rail projects in India. The corporation is a ‘Special Purpose Vehicle’ (SPV) in the joint sector with equity participation of the Ministry of Railways, Government of India and two State Governments - Gujarat and the Maharashtra.^[1]

Founded: 12 February 2016

Headquarters: Dwarka, Delhi, India

Number of employees: 212 (March 2019)

Owner: Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India

It is the first High-speed rail corridor to be implemented in India, with technical and financial assistance of the Japan, with total twelve stations in the States of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The high speed rail corridor will have a length of 508.17 km with 155.76 km in the state of Maharashtra (7.04 km in Mumbai sub-urban, 39.66 km in Thane district & 109.06 km in Palghar district), 4.3 km in Union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and 348.04 km in the state of Gujarat. 

The High speed rail corridor will cover total 12 stations namely Mumbai, Thane, Virar and Boisar (in Maharashtra), Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati (in Gujarat). A limited stop (in Surat & Vadodara) service of the high speed rail corridor will cover the route in 1 hr. and 58 mins and all stops service will take 2 hr. 57 min to cover this route.

The Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project, an engineering marvel with 463 kms of viaduct,27 bridges, undersea tunnel, 8 mountain tunnels,12 stations. The project will provide faster, safer & reliable mode of transport & introduce high quality technology with lot of employment.

Headquarters

The company with estimated employees of 4,500 people (approximately), has its headquarters are situated on 2nd Floor, Asia Bhawan, Road no. 205, Sector 9, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110077.^[1]

Projects

Main article: List of high-speed railway lines in India

National Rail Plan's (NRP) proposed routes of high-speed rail corridors.

The NHSRCL is currently managing the planning and construction of twelve high-speed rail corridors.^[3] Out of which one is under construction and seven are approved. Once completion of these corridors, NHSRCL will further extend the lines to form a network of high-speed rail connectivity in India, which is also known as the Diamond Quadrilateral.^[4][5][6]