Along with the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, the Ministry of Railways has asked the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) to prepare detailed project reports (DPR) for some more high-speed rail corridors.
Bullet train project: PM Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe launched the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project in Gujarat on September 14, 2017. The high-speed rail line being built using Japan's Shinkansen technology has been funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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Citing the example of Japan, Ashwini Vaishnaw said the first bullet train has connected the economies of five cities- Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto- into one. The minister further said major economies of the world have connected their big cities through high speed railway system.
The government aims to run the bullet train's first phase between Surat and Bilimora in south Gujarat by 2026. The 508-km route is expected to be covered in three to three-and-a-half hours.
The 508-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed corridor is the first in the country on which a bullet train will run at 320 kmph speed covering the whole distance in just 2 hours and 7 minutes with limited stops at Surat, Vadodara and Ahmedabad.
The foundation stone of the Bullet Train project was laid in Ahmedabad in September 2017. The train is expected to cover the distance of over 500 kilometers in about two hours.
NHRSCL received bids from Afcons Infrastructure Limited and Larsen & Toubro Limited for construction the 21-km long tunnel.
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: The Bombay High Court allows to cut around 20,000 mangrove trees for a Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.
Delhi-Varanasi bullet train project: The sources indicated that the decision was taken at a meeting held by Railway Board Secretary RN Singh last week to review the bullet train project.
Supreme court set aside the Delhi High Court’s verdict in favour of a firm called Montecarlo Limited whose technical bid was rejected by an expert committee appointed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for several works about the Bullet train project.
The superfast train will cut the travel time to just three hours between Delhi and the holy city.
The Manduadih-Prayagraj will form a section of Varanasi-Delhi high speed rail corridor. It is the second bullet train project after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor.
As the three high-speed rail corridors are expected to start from Delhi for Amritsar, Ahmedabad, and Varanasi, the national capital is likely to get two high-speed rail stations in different areas, officials related to the development said on Sunday.
An aerial LiDAR survey of the 800-km Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail (DVHSR) corridor has now been undertaken by the Railways.
The Centre and the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government are locked in a tussle over ownership of the land earmarked by the state for constructing the car shed depot which was earlier planned at Aarey Colony.
The MAHSR, also known as the Bullet Train Project, has been sanctioned with a target to be completed by 2023.
In a major boost to ambitious 1.08-trillion-rupees bullet train project, Gujarat High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by farmers objecting to land acquisition process.
Till last month the NHSRCL had acquired 39 per cent of the 1,380 hectares of land for the project. The bullet trains are expected to run at 320 km per hour, covering the 508-km stretch in about two hours. Trains plying on the route take over seven hours and planes for about an hour.
The PMO was requested by green activists and the fishing community to stop destruction of a whopping 54,000 mangroves in Mumbai for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed train project.
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