- Delhi-Amritsar
* Only 3 stations for the proposed 500kms long Delhi-PNP-UMB-CDG-ASR HST project are too less and may lead to less number of paxs on the route. Passengers to the tune of over 1 lac per day are required for success of costly HST. So more cities need to be covered where some HSTs of route can make stoppage. 500km Mumbai-Ahm. HST project shall have total 11 stations.
* Delhi (163Lacs)-PNP (4.4 Lacs)-UMB (4.1 Lacs)-CDG(11)-ASR (12Lacs) shall be 500kms. This route shall not cover important cities like Ludhiana (industrial capital of...
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Punjab 16Lacs), Jalandhar (9Lacs), Rajpura (1.1Lacs), Khanna (1.3Lacs), Phagwara (1.2 Lacs)
* Instead of above route, 450km long Delhi-UMB-LDH-JRC-ASR with about 35 km spur from CDG to Rajpura would have been a better option. Karnal (3Lacs) Sonepat (3Lacs) may also be considered.
- Delhi-Kolkata
* Delhi(163Lacs)-Faridabad (14Lacs)-Mathura(4.5Lacs)-Agra(200km-21.5Lacs)-Eta wa(2.5Lacs)-Kanpur(450km-20lacs)-Fatehpur(2Lacs)-A llahabad(650km-13lacs)-Varanasi(770-17Lacs)-Buxar( 1.1Lacs)-Arrah(2.6Lacs)-Patna(20.5 Lacs)-DHN-ASN-DGR-BWN-HWH(1525km) with a spur 70km from CNB to LKO (16Lacs) would have ensured coverage of more Major Metros of UP. Exclusion of Durgapur in Delhi-Kolkata Corridor is surprising.
* total 13 stations are too less more stops should be there.
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Above cases indicate that excess importance had been given to capital cities (CDG, LKO) at the cost of major commercial centers/ major cities like (CNB, ALD, LDH, JRC)

* HST need a large number of high fare paying patient, which is very difficult for a very low percapita income country like India. So the main consideration is anticipated traffic and financial success of the project.
* State is never a consideration, because rationing is possible if IR have many HST projects. With a few projects feasible, consideration of states is not there. However if a state govt have a proactive approach, the feasibility of project increases from point of view of central govt. No agency shall be willing to give huge loans for non-viable project.
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Telangana/AP are not neglected in this respect and shall be served by the planned diamond quadrilateral of HST in long run. Beginning has to be made from Mumbai or Delhi, else a wrong start shall be a permanent setback to future of HSTs in India.
* Most potent cities for HST are Delhi & Mumbai, which have huge population about 2 crore each and their citizens earn highest per-capita-income.The area served (intermediate cities too have great importance).
* HST may be feasible from
Delhi-CDG/LDH/JRC/ASR/JAT, CNB/LKO/ALS-BSB-PNBE-DHN-ASN-DGR-HWH
Mumbai to ST/BRC/ADI/JP/Delhi, Pune, NK etc
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