Page 4 - Bullet Train

Get priorities right

Japanese skill and technology should be utilised to make our current trains safe, clean and punctual with improved speeds

High-speed success

The bullet train project needs to buck many trends

Discounting the bullet train

Even the best estimates of future utilisation of such projects are often short of what really happens

Modi, Shinzo Abe to fire up 'bullet train' project: The agenda so far

A rare occasion when a head of government is skipping New Delhi during an official visit

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to have separate toilets for men and women

New toilet system to feature in the Japanese trains; urinals, child-care facilities among a few

PM Modi, Abe likely to flag off bullet train project in September

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is targeting commissioning of the project by 2023-24

Bullet train gets past major hurdle over BKC land

The starting point of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor at BKC was a bone of contention

Niti Aayog reviews progress on Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train

The high speed railway line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is expected to cover 508 km

Gujarat govt signs Rs 67k cr MoU for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project

Gujarat govt will bear 25% of total project cost which is estimated at Rs 97,000 cr

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train finds a home at BKC

Maha govt & MMRDA agree to provide 5.5 hectares at BKC for the terminus to come up

China launches longest bullet train

China has built more than 20,000 km of high-speed rail lines

Bullet train fares to be cheaper than airfares? Really?

Bullet train's fare is expected to be around Rs 3,300, nearly twice than a one-way flight ticket to Ahmedabad, say experts

Aim to run bullet train by 2023: Suresh Prabhu

India's first railway university to be set up at Vadodara in Gujarat

Bullet train: Railways conducts censor trial of Spanish Talgo coaches

The coaches, made 30 years ago, were pulled by an Indian engine; they have been successfully tried in 12 countries

First bullet train to run in India by 2023, says Suresh Prabhu

Estimated to cost about Rs 97,636 crore, 81% of the funding for the project will come by way of the loan from Japan

Indian, Japanese officials to discuss bullet train project

This is the second meeting of the joint committee set up to execute the bullet train project, according to railway ministry

Bullet train fare 1.5 times more than AC 1st Class

Total journey time of the fast train will be 2.07 hours and of trains stopping at each station will be 2.58 hours

India-Japan meeting on bullet train next month

The meeting will consider both the technical and financial aspects of the project.

Bullet train to travel under the sea near Thane creek

Estimated to cost about Rs 97,636 crore, 81% of the funding for the project will come by way of a loan from Japan

Bullet train to travel under the sea near Thane creek

The 508 km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor will have a 21 km long tunnel under the sea.