Bullet trains for India
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India’s Railways has invited global tenders to conduct a pre-feasibility study of a high-speed train on the 520km Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar route. The Economic Times said this could cut travel time between the cities by nearly half from the current five hours.
The proposed high speed train or bullet train is expected to run at 300 km per hour on a dedicated fast track, the report said. A senior Railway Ministry official was quoted saying that the study would focus on technicalities, financial and operational viability of the project. According to the report, there have been many countries including Japan, China, France and Germany, which had shown interest in being part of the high-speed corridor project.
Besides Delhi-Amritsar route, the Railways have decided to conduct pre-feasibility studies for four more high-speed passenger routes. They are Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad , Hyderabad-Dornakal-Vijaywada-Chennai, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulum and Howrah-Haldia.
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