Indian Railways have floated an expression of interest for designing, building, commissioning, operation, running and maintenance of levitation-based train system on public private partnership basis. The Railway route for this project has not been defined at such an early stage of the project since the initial thrust of the project is on developing and implementing a cost effective solution of such a technology.
It has been planned to operate Maglev trains with eco-friendly fuel.
This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 09.12.2016 (Friday).
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