Ahmedabad – Rajkot Semi High Speed

Corridor

May 2019
Agenda

1 Importance of Ahmedabad - Rajkot Corridor

2 Connectivity between Ahmedabad and Rajkot

3 Estimated passenger traffic between Ahmedabad and Rajkot

4 Key highlights for Ahmedabad- Rajkot Semi HSR System

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Importance of Ahmedabad - Rajkot Corridor

• Ahmedabad - is the economic capital of the state of

Gujarat and is one of the largest Urban
agglomerations in the state, whereas
• Rajkot - is one of the fastest growing cities in the
state which also act as a Gateway to the Saurashtra
Region, further connecting it to other major urban
centres like Junagadh, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Dwarka,
Somnath, etc.
• Semi High Speed Rail (HSR) is proposed between
Ahmedabad and Rajkot to provide seamless
connectivity between the two cities reducing the
travel time to 2-3 hours.
• In addition, the Ahmedabad – Rajkot semi HSR shall
act as a feeder to Ahmedabad – Mumbai High Speed
Rail.

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 Connectivity between Ahmedabad and Rajkot

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19 Ahmedabad Ahmedabad

Rajkot
Rajkot

2007 2017
No. of Road Passengers
(in lakhs)

Ahmedabad – Rajkot Corridor By Road By Rail

Route Distance (in kms) 215 247
Annual number of passenger each way (2017) 45 lakhs 2 lakhs
Average time taken to commute (in hours) 3 hrs 40 min 4 hrs 44 min
Bus/ Train Fares (in INR) 132 to 1500 180 to 1280
Average number of bus/ train in a day each way 320 14
Average occupancy of trains - >140%
Source: Western Railways, Traffic Census 2016, IRCTC, Discussion with Private bus operators, Redbus Website (as on 1st February 2019 for travel date 10th February, 2019)

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Justification for annual number of passengers via road

Assumptions/ Base data Screenshot of Redbus website for no. of buses from Ahmedabad to Rajkot for 8 th May,
2019
Number of total buses from Ahmedabad to Rajkot 320 nos.
Source: Redbus Website (No. of buses for 10th February,
2019- Taken on 1st February, 2019)
Average occupancy considered for each bus 75%
Average capacity of bus considered 40 Passenegrs/ bus
Total number of bus passengers travelling by road 70%
Source: Derived from analysis of Traffic Census 2016-17
Total number of car passengers yravelling by road 30%
Source: Derived from analysis of Traffic Census 2016-17
Growth rate of number of road passenegrs 5%
Source: Stakeholder consultations with R&B

Calculations
Total number of bus passengers travelling from 9600 passengers/day
Total number of buses from Ahmedabad to Rajkot on 8 th May, 2019 (as per redbus
Ahmedabad to Rajkot in one day
website) – 340 buses and the break-up of operator is mentioned below
Total number of Car passengers travelling from 4114 passengers/day
Ahmedabad to Rajkot in one day Operator Total no. of buses AC bus fare Non AC bus fare
Total number of passengers travelling from 13714 passengers/day GSRTC (including 148 buses INR 345 to 465 INR 132 to 247
Ahmedabad to Rajkot in one day volvo buses)
Patel Travels 46 buses INR 286 to 533 INR 340 to 460
Total number of passengers travelling from 50,05,714 passengers/year
Eagle Corporation 29 buses INR 300 to 810 NA
Ahmedabad to Rajkot in One Year (in the year 2018-
19) Neeta Travels 23 buses INR 330 to 475 INR 300
Total number of passengers travelling from 45,40,330 passengers/year
Mahasagar Travels 15 buses INR 333 to 476 INR 280 to 430
Ahmedabad to Rajkot in One Year (in the year
2016-17) Other 35 operators 79 buses INR 200 to 1500 INR 200 to 1200

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Justification for annual number of passengers via road
Screenshot of GSRTC Website for no. of buses from Ahmedabad (Central Bus Stand) to Rajkot (Bus
Stand) for 8th May, 2019

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Key highlights for Ahmedabad- Rajkot Semi HSR System

An elevated corridor on the existing National Highway (NH-47) is proposed between

Ahmedabad and Rajkot, since for achieving the train speed above 160 km/hr, a
dedicated right of way is preferable. Further, the requirement of acquisition is less
as well.

As per initial bock cost, the estimated project cost of having Semi High-Speed Rail
system between Ahmedabad and Rajkot is approximately INR 11,300 crores
(excluding acquisition cost, land cost, rolling stock cost, station cost and any other
miscellaneous cost)

Based on industry benchmarks and broad investment estimates, the proposed

investments can have potential to create ~2,300 direct jobs and ~17,300 in-direct
jobs in next 30 years.

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Economic Benefits for Ahmedabad- Rajkot Semi HSR System

Reduction in passenger Saving in Vehicle operating costs

travel time

Saving in capex of vehicles Savings in road maintenance

Fuel saving Reduction in pollution

Reduction in accidents Employment generation

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Thank You