has proposed in constructing a high-speed rail corridor by the name of Silverline to carry both freight and passengers along the length of the state, from Kasargod in the north end to Kerala's capital, Thiruvananthapuram in the south end. The project reduces the current travel time of 12 hours to just under 4 hours from north to south with a maximum designed speed of , versus the current average speed of 45 km/h. The project is estimated to be completed by 2025 and is expected to cost . The Kerala government and the Union Ministry of Railways (jointly: Kerala Rail Development Corporation) plan intermediate stations in Kannur, Kozhikode, Tirur, Thrissur, Cochin Airport, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Chengannur, and Kollam; of the 1383 hectares needed for the project, 1198 are private land, and the project would displace 30,000 families. Other criticisms of the project include the plan for standard gauge in a system that uses Indian gauge, low ridership estimates, hydrological problems, and stations distant from the city centers. The project missed the mid-July 2022 deadline for completing the social impact assessments for the line, having only consulted 45 out of 190 villages involved, leaving the project in legal limbo in front of the Kerala High Court. The Minister of Railways of India expressed his doubts about the feasibility of the Silver Line project on 29 July 2022. A third high speed rail project between Delhi and Varanasi is under construction and will cover an 813 km distance in less than 4 hours, at a speed of 330 km/h (compared to the 10 hour journey today). The project is planned to have service at 22 minute intervals with thirteen stations, including Delhi (Kale Khan), Noida, Jewar Airport, Mathura, Agra, Etawah, South Kannauj, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Rae Bareli, Prayagraj,Bhadoi, Banaras, and Varanasi, with a railway bridge over the Ganges River. A fourth high speed rail project proposed by the Karnataka state government would run 485 km from Mysuru (Mysore) through Bengaluru (Bangalore) to Chennai, cutting the current 9 hour journey to 3 hours (45 minutes between Mysuru and Bengaluru), at a cost of . As of summer 2022, the Karnataka government has begun acquiring land for the right of way, and is awaiting a Memorandum of Understanding with neighboring state Tamil Nadu to facilitate land acquisition for the project. Indonesia Since 2006, Indonesian authorities have expressed an interest in high-speed rail for the densely populated