In 2013, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, suggested that the state wanted to run bullet trains from Mysuru to Chennai via Bengaluru, and was conducting talks with his counterparts in Japan about the topic.

[6] French state-owned company SNCF also expressed an interest in building a high-speed railway line too.

In early 2017, Indian Railways (IR) responded to a proposal by Elon Musk for a Hyperloop to connect the two cities in thirty minutes, saying that it would be unlikely due to government bureaucracy.

[9] There would be two new railway stations built underground in Chennai and one at Bengaluru, would witness the high-speed trains, running at around 320 km/h (200 mph)[9] The Chennai Mysuru high speed rail corridor is planned to have a total of nine stations.

[10] The rail corridor will be planned along the chennai bangalore expressways and few junctions are confirmed as per local sources.