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Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail  has delayed in acquiring land corridor project it may push back the date of its launch, but the railways are going ahead in finalizing various components of the bullet train"s rolling stock and passenger facilities. There will be facilities for sick person passengers will get a dedicated room for child feeding and washrooms for men and women would be separate all these being firsts on the Indian rail network. There will be luggage space for passengers each train will have 695 seats for standard class and 55 seats for business class. There will also be two extra-spacious toilets for wheelchair-bound passengers in the 10-coach high-speed train. Services will also have baby changing rooms comprising baby toilet seats, tables for diaper disposal and a low sink for children for washing hands. According to a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the Rs 1 trillion project. A new generation Japanese high-speed train will also introduce w...

Nagpur: The Maharashtra government, MahaMetro and the Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)   at Suresh Bhat Hall. Nagpur and adjourning areas have achieved another important milestone. The event was attended by State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Cabinet Minister Nitin Gadkari and other dignitaries. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was praising the idea of connecting the cities with Nagpur through metro, said the Indian Railways will replicate the model in other parts of the country if it succeeds in the state. [gallery td_select_gallery_slide="slide" ids="15634,15635,15636,15637,15638,15639,15640"] Fadnavis said, “the new corridor will provide quicker transport of both goods and passengers across the state.” Nitin Gadkari, addressing the event, said “the new service will benefit the people by lowering the transportation cost and also reduce pollution and risks of accidents.” Nitin Gadkari, a...

Mumbai:  If things go as planned then commuters will be able to travel from Mumbai to Nagpur in 5 hours. As per reports the government plans to build Nagpur-Mumbai High-speed rail network. This news comes as a big relief for many who frequently travel between these two cities. [caption id="attachment_9649" align="alignnone" width="620"] High Speed Rail[/caption] Currently it takes over 14 hours to travel from Mumbai to Nagpur. With high-speed rail project the time taken to travel will come down to only 5 hours. As per official sources from ministry of railways, they are planning to connect Nagpur -Mumbai Super Expressway (Samriddhi Mahamarg) to a railway track connecting Nagpur to Mumbai. To start the process for building Mass Rapid Transit System in Nagpur, a MoU has been signed between MahaMetro and Indian Railways. The agreement is for connecting railway line with that of metro coaches. Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Water Resources, Ni...

Ahmedabad: The ongoing land row has become a major road block for the ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train . As per sources Japan has not released second phase of funds with news on land acquisition issues doing rounds. The protest is causing a major hurdle and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has not released latest installment. JICA is funding agency and it has stopped payments with no evident progress in resolving land acquisition controversy. According to sources in Gujarat government, JICA’s funds for last quarter have not been disbursed. The source, a senior state official shared on grounds of anonymity that as per the payment agreement funds will flow if work is going as per plans. With issues arising in Gujarat and Maharashtra over land, things have reached stalemate.  The first instalment of Rs 125 crore was made during Japan’s Prime Minister visit to Gujarat in September last year. The official also added that next instalment will be made whe...

Taipei: The Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) said on Monday that they are expecting to see it’s 500 millionth passenger near the end of July and this will add a series of event which will be held to celebrate the occasion. As the company said about 496 million tickets as be sold as of 1 July since the high-speed rail was in operation since 5 January 2007 and they estimated they will serve 500 million passengers by the end of the month, currently the train is running from Nangang to Zuoying in as little as 1:45 hours, reaching almost 90% of Taiwan"s population. Ridership fell short of the estimate, but it grew from 40,000 passengers per day and in the first few months of operation to more than 1,29,000 passengers per day in June 2013. Daily passenger traffic reached 1,30,000 in 2014, well below the forecast of 2,40,000 daily passengers for 2008. The system carried it’s first 100 million passengers by August 2010 and over 200 million passengers had taken the sys...

New Delhi: While the buzz around India’s Bullet Train continues, central government has already started planning another high-speed rail project . As per Union railway minister, Piyush Goyal, the studies on social and environmental impact are almost near completion. Goyal who was attending the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) annual meeting shared with the media. He even stated the issue of land acquisition for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train has been resolved. With this issue now resolved, the central government is mulling with the idea of starting on another high-speed rail project. With this news, it is certain that many other regions will get the benefit of high-speed travel. The bullet train facility will not only be restricted to Mumbai-Ahmedabad. There will be other regions that will experience the joy of travelling in a fast moving train. Goyal who is happy with the progress of environment and social studies, said that the outcome of the reports will be known so...

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) executing the underground Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 corridor plans to interconnect (integrate) the underground Metro corridor with the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train terminal at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). The alignment of the underground Metro corridor passes through BKC where the terminal for the proposed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is to come. High Speed Bullet Train Project in India (Photo for representative use only) According to MMRC officials, the BKC Metro station and bullet train terminal will be connected through an underground subway, which will have a moving walkway or travelator installed. “Installing a moving walkway depends on the distance between the BKC Metro station and bullet train terminal. If the distance turns out to be more than 300-500 metres, a walkway will have to be installed,” an MMRC official said. The official added, “At this stage, the exact location of bullet tra...