Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor
The joint feasibility study by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Government of India on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor has been completed in July 2015.
The salient features of feasibility report on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor are:
o Total length of corridor 508 kms.
o 12 stations between Mumbai and Sabarmati (Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad, Sabarmati).
o The total journey time of 2.07 hrs for a fast train and of 2.58 hrs for trains stopping at each station.
o Total completion cost estimated at approximately ? 97,636 crore (including price escalation, Interest during construction (IDC) and import duties).
o Project implementation time of approximately seven years from commencement of construction.
According to the report the Internal Rate of Return of the project is estimated as 4% and Economic Internal Rate of Return as 11.8%.
This Press Release is based on information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 06.05.2016 (Friday).
The salient features of feasibility report on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor are:
o Total length of corridor 508 kms.
o 12 stations between Mumbai and Sabarmati (Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad, Sabarmati).
o The total journey time of 2.07 hrs for a fast train and of 2.58 hrs for trains stopping at each station.
o Total completion cost estimated at approximately ? 97,636 crore (including price escalation, Interest during construction (IDC) and import duties).
o Project implementation time of approximately seven years from commencement of construction.
According to the report the Internal Rate of Return of the project is estimated as 4% and Economic Internal Rate of Return as 11.8%.
This Press Release is based on information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 06.05.2016 (Friday).
