RAILWAYS-BULLET 2LST

During his just-concluded visit, Hatoyama said he
would like to see bullet train technology in India and pointed
out that Japanese bullet trains have never been involved in
any accident.

Indian Railways will await the feasibility report of
the proposed bullet train before deciding on seeking Japanese
help for it.
According to an estimate, it will cost about Rs
100-150 crores to construct one km of elevated high-speed rail
corridor.
"At present there is no such proposal to seek Japanese
assistance on bullet train. But it can be explored only after
examining various factors including the cost and the
pre-feasibility report," said the official.
The bullet train at 350 km per hour speed aims to
reduce the travel time between the western Indian cities of
Pune and Mumbai to just 25 minutes and the travel time from
Mumbai to the city of Ahmedabad will shrink to less than two
hours.
Travel time between the 93 km Pune-Mumbai is three
hours while journey on 440 km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad takes
about 7 hours. The study will focus on technicalities,
financial and operational viability of the project.
The proposed corridor will serve the cities of Pune,
Lonavala, Kandla, Kalyan, Mumbai, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara,
Anand and Gandhinagar in the western Indian states of
Maharashtra and Gujarat. PTI ARU
RDM


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