Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the bullet train's north corridor, connecting Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Patna, Siliguri and Guwahati, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced. Vaishnaw said construction will be fully Make in India, reduced travel times are expected, and new MEMU services in Varanasi and a Varanasi-Prayagraj link will begin.
