Chennai to get Bullet Trains
Posted on: 08/Jul/2014 3:10:11 PM
The Minister of Railways Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda has said that Indian Railways is on its way to fulfill the long cherished dream to run a Bullet Train. Presenting the Railway Budget 2014-15 in Parliament today, he said, the Railways proposes bullet trains by starting off with an already identified Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector, where a number of studies have been done.
He said, while bullet trains would require completely new infrastructure, higher speed for existing trains will be achieved by upgrading the present network.
The Minister said, hence, an effort will be made to increase the speed of trains to 160-200 kmph in select sectors so as to significantly reduce travel time between major cities. The Minister said, the identified sectors are:
- Chennai-Hyderabad
- Mysore-Bengaluru-Chennai
- Delhi-Agra
- Delhi-Chandigarh
- Delhi-Kanpur
- Nagpur-Bilaspur
- Mumbai-Goa
- Mumbai-Ahmedabad
- Nagpur-Secunderabad.
