New Delhi, May 12 -- India's Minister for Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has said that the country's upcoming high-speed rail network could dramatically disrupt the domestic aviation market, warning that bullet trains would eventually dominate several busy short-haul travel corridors. This is the second minister, after Nitin Gadkari, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, to speak about the impact of shortening travel durations on flights.

Speaking at a CII event, Vaishnaw said the bullet train revolution would reduce Mumbai-Pune travel time to just 48 minutes. Pune-Hyderabad would take 1 hour and 55 minutes, Hyderabad-Bengaluru 2 hours and 8 minutes, Chennai-Hyderabad 2 hours and 55 minutes, while Bengaluru-Chennai would be covered ...