Dholera rail connectivity
Semi high-speed rail and freight links
This page covers semi high-speed rail, and freight. Every figure below carries the source it came from and the date it was recorded.
Dholera rail connectivity centres on a semi high-speed line to Ahmedabad and a proposed freight link.
| Semi high-speed rail | Rs 20,667 cr, 134 km |
|---|---|
| Approved | CCEA, 13 May 2026 |
| Target | 2030-31 |
| Freight | Bhimnath-Dholera line approved 2021 |
- MRTS
- Mass rapid transit system, a metro-style urban rail line.
- SIR
- Special Investment Region. A large area the Gujarat government has set aside for industry under its own 2009 law, with its own planning authority instead of the usual local one.
- TP scheme
- Town planning scheme. The authority pools all the land in one area, lays out the roads and services, then hands each owner back a smaller but serviced plot.
- DSIRDA
- The statutory authority that plans and regulates Dholera SIR, in place of a municipal corporation.
- DICDL
- The company that actually builds Dholera. Gujarat holds 51% of it and the central government holds 49% through the NICDC Trust.
- NICDC
- The central agency that runs India's industrial corridor programme, which Dholera sits inside.
- DMIC
- The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the national industrial corridor programme Dholera is a node of.
Semi high-speed rail
The CCEA approved the Ahmedabad (Sarkhej)-Dholera Semi High-Speed Double Line on 13 May 2026 at about Rs 20,667 crore, adding roughly 134 km, described as India's first semi high-speed rail using indigenous technology, and targeted for completion by 2030-31 (PIB Release 2260624). A widely quoted 220 km/h design speed is press-sourced; the PIB release states cost, length and timeline, not a speed. Confirmed
Freight
A Bhimnath-Dholera freight rail line was approved by the NICDIT board on 21 September 2021, connecting the SIR toward the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. Confirmed
This article follows Dholerapedia's sourcing standard: every figure is tagged Confirmed (government or official), Reported (press or trade) or Unverified (broker), and dated. Anything framed as a future event is labelled a target until a government source confirms it. Where a fact is not reliably available, we say so rather than estimate. See the methodology.
Key facts
These are the core facts for dholera rail connectivity, written out in full. Each one comes from a source listed at the foot of this page and is current as at the review month.
- Semi high-speed rail: Rs 20,667 cr, 134 km.
- Approved: CCEA, 13 May 2026.
- Target: 2030-31.
- Freight: Bhimnath-Dholera line approved 2021.
Dholera SIR in one paragraph
Dholera SIR is a planned industrial city covering about 920 sq km, of which roughly 422 sq km is marked for urban development. That land is being delivered as six town planning schemes, spread over roughly three decades. DSIRDA is the authority that plans and regulates the region, and DICDL is the company that builds it, owned 51% by Gujarat and 49% by the central government through the NICDC Trust. Dholera is the flagship node of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. That is the frame every entry here sits in. The fuller version is in What Dholera SIR is and the master plan.
References
- Press Information Bureau, Release ID 2260624, 13 May 2026.
- NICDC Delivery Monitoring Unit report, 30 June 2026.
This is a reference, so it is written to be checked rather than believed. Each figure is marked Confirmed when a government or official record says it, Reported when the press or trade said it, and Unverified when only a seller says it. Each one carries a date, because Dholera keeps moving and a number that was right last year may not be right now. Anything still in the future is written as a target until a government source confirms it happened, and where a fact is not reliably available we say so instead of guessing.
None of this is legal, tax or investment advice, and no government source promises that land here will rise in value. If you are looking at one specific plot, treat everything on this page as background and confirm that parcel's own GUJRERA registration, title and price yourself before you pay. If a figure here has gone out of date, tell us on the contact page and we will correct it. All the figures gathered in one place are in Dholera in numbers, and the full method is on the methodology page.