It will follow Mumbai Nagpur expressway. Expressway starts Bhiwandi near Kalyan to Nagpur outer ring road 700km, bhiwandi to Kurla 35km , Nagpur city 20km total 755km approx . Nasik Shirdi , Aurangabad are all bypassed to pass 15 km away. If the alignment ofHSR routed to City innner then the distance increase by 50+km and may not be more then the present 816km rail line from LTT to Nagpur.