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The thing is it will be very expensive as several mountain tunnels have to be built. But Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad and Mumbai-Pune-Bengaluru are very profitable routes with wealthy cities on both ends. These routes will not be loss making. Make Pune the hub of these routes with massive TODs at BLR and HYD. The government must approve these two corridors right away and get going with the viaducts. Also, create more wealthy cities in these 2 routes along the HSR route. What are waiting for?THIS... it would have been a full paisa vasool for MH Gov who is putting half of the required state funding. Initially, Pune was included in the 2009 High Speed Rail Plan under UPA but then dropped to tough terrain and budget cost. With Pune, Mumbai, Surat, Vadodra and Ahemdabad-Gandhinager all have Metro and BRTS..this would have created a nice Multi-Modal High Speed Corridor.
Imagine being an IB Banker who live in Pune and works in BKC..he would walk out of housing society ..take the metro to the Bullet Train Station..ride the next Bullet Train serve to Mumbai..get off at BKC and walk or take a feeder service bus/auto to his Office Building..all prolly in 1-1:30 hr commute