Hisar Industrial Smart City (Hisar IMC): Connectivity — Airports, Expressways, Rail & Freight Corridors

Air connectivity

Hisar IMC is planned immediately adjacent to Hisar's airport, now named Maharaja Agrasen Airport. Status as of April–June 2026: operational — the domestic terminal (Phase I) and an expanded runway (Phase II) were completed by August 2025, with Alliance Air running direct flights to several cities.

The phase-I (domestic terminal) and phase-II (expanded runway) completed, with Alliance Air operating direct flights to several cities. The bigger prize — an international terminal — is under construction: Phase-III-A International Terminal construction was underway with target construction completion date of 17 April 2027, and as of April 2026 was 35% complete and on-track to meet that date.

The full upgrade programme covers an area of 7,200 acres located 5 kilometres northeast of the city centre on NH-9, being upgraded in 3 phases at a cost of ₹5,200 crore to an international airport by 2030 with an MRO hub, aerospace university, aerospace and defence manufacturing zone, logistics hub and food parks. Of this land, 4,212 acres is for the airport and the remaining 2,988 acres is for the IMC. A dedicated cargo terminal already operates: Hisar Airport operates a 3-hangar MRO Terminal, a Domestic/Regional Terminal with 7 bays for UDAN flights, and a 2-bay Cargo Terminal with cold storage and an integrated logistics hub.

Expressways and national highways

Operational: The IMC's road access is built around two existing national highways. The total land area identified is 2,988 acres for the IMC which has independent and direct access from NH 9 and NH 52. On the Delhi side, National Highway 9 from New Delhi to Rohtak has been upgraded to six lanes with a 30 km Rohtak City Bypass, so that vehicles travelling between New Delhi and Hisar do not have to enter Rohtak city. The onward stretch is a work in progress: NH 9 from Rohtak to Hisar and further towards Punjab is being widened to a four-lane highway.

Under construction: The most significant new corridor for Hisar is the Hisar–Rewari Expressway. Hisar–Rewari Expressway is an under-construction 160-kilometre-long, four-lane, access-controlled, greenfield expressway connecting Hisar with Rewari, a key junction in southern Haryana in the National Capital Region. It is expected to cut travel time sharply: the expressway is expected to reduce travel time between Hisar and Rewari from the current 4–5 hours to approximately 2 hours. As of late 2025/early 2026 it remains pre-construction on the ground: NHAI is preparing to issue tenders following the completion of the DPR in 2024, with construction expected to commence in 2026 and an estimated completion timeline of 3–4 years. The Hisar end includes construction of a 4-lane greenfield southern bypass for Hisar city.

Further south, the corridor will connect into the wider Bharatmala network: the Hisar-Rewari Expressway will intersect the Trans-Haryana Expressway (Ambala–Narnaul, NH-152D) north of Mahendragarh. That 227-km, 6-lane greenfield expressway was reported to be roughly 95% complete as of March 2022, per available records, so it should be substantially operational by the current period, though a fresh confirmation of full opening was not found in this research.

Rail links and dedicated freight corridors

Under development / proposed: Hisar's rail advantage lies in its position between India's two dedicated freight corridors. Hisar is strategically located between Rewari (Western Dedicated Freight Corridor station) and Ambala (Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor station), connected to both stations with feeder rail links. NICDC's own project brief phases this connectivity out over more than a decade: with a freight terminal proposed in the airport area connecting to the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, the IMC will benefit from multi-modal connectivity with air, road and rail initially through the Hisar city Junction in the first phase of its development (2027), the rail terminal for freight in the airport by 2032, and the final phase by 2037.

A separate, long-pending plan for faster passenger rail between Delhi and Hisar has moved slowly. The Detailed Project Report for dedicated rail connectivity of the Integrated Aviation Hub, Hisar Airport, and for enhancement of rail speed to 130–160 kmph has been submitted by HRIDC, and is under the process of examination by the Government of Haryana. No firm construction start date for this upgrade was found as of mid-2026.

Consultant work for the IMC's own master plan is underway: a consultant has been appointed for the preparation of a detailed master plan and preliminary engineering activities for the proposed IMC site.

RRTS and metro proposals

There is no operational or under-construction metro or RRTS line reaching Hisar as of mid-2026. A Delhi–Rohtak–Hisar RRTS corridor appears only as a proposed, longer-term line in regional rail planning. The Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor will intersect with various proposed RRTS lines including Delhi–Alwar RRTS, Delhi–Karnal RRTS, Delhi-Rohtak-Hisar RRTS and Delhi-Palwal-Hodal RRTS. Separately, planners envisage a faster passenger link specifically for the airport: from Hisar International Airport to IGI Delhi, a semi-high-speed train is proposed, which may require upgrade of the existing line or laying of additional new line between Hansi and Asaudha (near Bahadurgarh) on the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor. None of these have moved beyond the proposal stage for the Hisar-specific stretch; the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor itself (Palwal–Sonipat) is under construction but does not run through Hisar.

Internal road network and trunk infrastructure

Physical works inside the IMC footprint are only just starting. In June 2026 NICDC/HADC issued the first major on-site construction package: a Rs 707 crore EPC tender for design and construction of the Hisar-IMC trunk infrastructure was issued, covering roads, water supply, sewerage and stormwater drainage, to be built within 30 months of tender award. Power infrastructure is bundled in alongside the roads: DHBVN will build a 220-kV electric substation with five 33-kV substations for the project.

Independent reporting from mid-2026 confirms that, despite this tender, actual ground-level progress has lagged. The sluggish pace of work is leading to delays in the proposed Integrated Manufacturing Cluster near the airport in Hisar taking shape, a project being developed under NICDC as part of the Amritsar–Kolkata Industrial Corridor. On the positive side, land is not the bottleneck: unlike several other industrial smart city projects, IMC-Hisar began with a significant advantage, as nearly 2,988 acres of encumbrance-free government land has already been transferred by the state government.

Ports

Hisar IMC is a landlocked, inland manufacturing cluster; no seaport serves the site directly. Its cargo relevance to sea trade comes indirectly through rail: the IMC is strategically located between the EDFC and WDFC, offering connectivity via rail links and proximity to major logistics hubs, which in turn connect further down those corridors to container ports on India's east and west coasts. No dedicated port or riverine link applies to this project.