Railway delegation to visit China, Japan

A high-level delegation from the Railway Ministry will visit China and Japan this week to discuss several key projects, including the dedicated freight corridor and ways to increase trains speed.
The four-member delegation will be led by Chairman Railway Board A K Mital to both these countries starting June 12.
During their visit to China, the delegation will hold discussions with the head of National Rail Administration of Chinese Government on the ongoing cooperation with Chinese Railways in the areas of speed raising, heavy-haul operations, training and other related issues in terms of the MoU signed between the two Railways.

It will also visit the modern railway stations at Shanghai and Beijing and the coach manufacturing unit of Chinese Railways who are supplying state-of-the-art metro coaches to Kolkata Metro.
The team will discuss the modalities for expediting various activities to ensure their scheduled delivery, said an official statement.
In Japan, the team would hold discussions at apex level in Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport and other top ranking functionaries of the Japanese Government regarding the progress of India's Western dedicated freight corridor and the joint feasibility study of Mumbai-Ahmadabad high speed corridor.
The Western dedicated freight corridor is being mostly financed by Japan.

In both countries, the delegation will have first-hand experience of technical details of high speed rail to which the central government has been attaching a lot of importance, the statement said.