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May not need foreign tech partner for future bullet train project: Vaishnaw

India currently does not have indigenous capabilities to build HSR projects, and the MAHSR corridor is being built in collaboration with Japan, with an overseas loan

100% land acquisition completed for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: NHSRCL

The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Monday said it has completed 100 per cent land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Rail Corridor, popularly known as the bullet train project, across Gujarat, Maharashtra and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also shared the status of land acquisition on X, saying the entire 1389.49 hectares of land required for the project has been acquired. The high-speed rail line is being built between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The NHSRCL, in a release, said that all civil contracts for the project were awarded for Gujarat and Maharashtra, while 120.4 km of girders had been launched and 271 km of pier casting completed. "The laying of the first reinforced concrete (RC) track bed for the MAHSR corridor track system, as used in Japanese Shinkansen, has started in Surat and Anand. This is for the first time the J-slab ballastless track system is being used in India," the release stated. The NHSRCL said it has achie

Your train journeys may have become slower and longer

If you often travel on Indian Railways, you may have noticed that your journeys are now taking more time. This year, the average speed of passenger trains in the country has decreased

Faster trains are crucial for India to tap global export markets like China

What has local train travel got to do with exports? A lot, according to Lin Tian at INSEAD in Singapore and Yue Yu at the University Of Toronto

Guj land acquisition completed for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Monday said it has completed 100 per cent land acquisition in Gujarat for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The corporation in a release said the last parcel of land in Gujarat was acquired at Kathore village in Surat district in September. In all, 951.14 hectares of land needed to be acquired in eight districts of Gujarat for the project, it said. With the latest acquisition, 99.95 per cent of land has been acquired for the project across Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, the release said. Out of 429.71 hectares acquired for the project in neighbouring Maharashtra, 99.83 per cent of the process has been completed, while a total of 7.90 hectares were acquired in the UT, the NHSRCL said. In Gujarat, 133.29 hectares were acquired in Ahmedabad, 110.25 hectares in Kheda, 52.59 hectares in Anand, 142.30 hectares in Vadodara, 140.32 hectares in Bharuch, 160.52 hecta

Stalin rides bullet train in Japan, bats for 'equivalent' service in India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is on an official trip of Japan, on Sunday undertook a 500-km bullet train journey to its capital city Tokyo and said such a service could benefit the Indian citizens as well. He also addressed Tamils living in Japan, while highlighting the link between the Tamil and Japanese languages. On his train journey, he tweeted: "Traveling from Osaka to Tokyo on #BulletTrain; will cover a distance of about 500 km in less than two and a half hours," and shared some related pictures. "A railway service equivalent to #BulletTrain not only in design but also in speed and quality should come for use in our India as well. The poor and middle class people should benefit and their journey should become easier! #FutureIndia," he added. The Chief Minister had earlier embarked on a two-nation official trip of Singapore and Japan to attract more investments to Tamil Nadu. Later in the day, he addressed a meeting of the Tamil diaspora living in Japan and ...

Cleared hurdles in Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: Maharashtra CM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said his administration has removed all obstacles that held up the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project during the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government. Shinde made this statement during the meeting of the Niti Ayog Governing Council here. "My government has removed all obstacles from the ambitious national scheme, Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train, which were pending in the last government's tenure," Shinde said. He said the Shiv Sena-BJP government had also resolved the Aarey land dispute for the Metro Car Shed and mobilised the Metro projects. "A 337-km-long metro network is being developed in Mumbai, Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Thane which is a network bigger than in Europe," Shinde said. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad semi-high speed railway, popularly known as the bullet train, is a showpiece project of the Modi government. It had run into delays during the MVA government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray owing to problems in

Mumbai's prime real estate given away for Bullet Train, alleges Thackeray

The Sena-UBT chief attacked the state government for its series of advertisements splurging public money and said that no government in the state had resorted to so much publicity

India, Japan sign fourth tranche of loan for bullet train project

Japan to spend $75 bn to further collaborate with nations to establish free and open Indo Pacific

Bullet train is national project, says SC declining Godrej's plea

The top court said if any application for enhancement of compensation is filed, it should be decided within six weeks

Megha-HCC joint venture lowest bidder for BKC bullet train station

Firm in partnership with Hindustan Construction Corp bids Rs 3,700 crore to build underground station

Freight Corridor, Bullet Train projects got delayed due to MVA govt: Goyal

Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday alleged that the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) and Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train projects got delayed due to an "unethical" government in Maharashtra. He was referring to the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA coalition government which had Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress as its main constituents. The DFC project picked up pace after the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power at the Centre in 2014, Goyal said. "Had a party (Shiv Sena) in Maharashtra not betrayed us and formed a totally unethical government, three years may not have been wasted. Even the Bullet Train project would have progressed rapidly. That government wasted our three years. They did not let the project (DFC) move forward," said the BJP leader, addressing a gathering of professionals here. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena parted ways with the BJP in 2019 and joined hands with NCP and Congress. The event in Vadodara was organised by the ruling BJP as

Survey work going on for bullet train project in Varanasi: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Survey work is going on to start bullet train services here, Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. The proposed alignment of the high-speed rail corridor will pass through Greater Noida, Agra, Lucknow, Prayagraj and Varanasi, he said. Speaking on the first bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Vaishnaw said, "New things are being learnt through this (project). As this project develops, there will be more development. "More bullet train corridors will be built in the country. Survey work is going on in Varanasi to start a bullet train." Vaishnaw, who is visiting Varanasi, also inspected Kashi station and Rajghat bridge. Kashi station in Varanasi district will be developed at a cost of Rs 350 crore to boost economic activity. Its design should be done keeping in mind Kashi's religious and temple culture, Vaishnaw told reporters. Plans are also afoot to connect Kashi station with air and water routes and its design is being worked on, he said. Once the desig

Godrej & Boyce creating hurdles for bullet train project: Maha govt to HC

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd had left no stone unturned to create unnecessary hurdles for acquisition of land, owned by the company, for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sharmila Deshmukh was hearing a petition filed by Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd challenging an order of September 15, 2022 passed by the state government awarding compensation to it for land acquisition for the project. The company, in their petition, sought that the high court direct the state government to not start the process of awarding compensation and initiate possession proceedings. The state government, in its affidavit filed by deputy collector (land acquisition) Jagatsing Girase, termed the company's allegations as frivolous, baseless, unwarranted and unsubstantiated. It also informed the court that the acquiring body of the state government has already deposited

Railways floats tender to procure 80,000 indigenous forged wheels a year

Invites industry to set up domestic manufacturing facility at estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore

Fadnavis assures Japanese officials of fast-tracking bullet train, projects

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday assured Consul-General of Japan in Mumbai Fukahori Yasukata of fast-tracking infrastructure projects

All clearances given for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: Fadnavis

The estimated cost of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is Rs 1,10,000 crore, out of which Rs 88,000 crore are being funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency

Hope to achieve target of operating 1st bullet train in 2026: Vaishnaw

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said they are confident of achieving the target of running the country's first bullet train between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat in 2026

Delhi likely to get 2 stations under 3 proposed Bullet train projects

The national capital is likely to get two high speed rail stations in different areas, officials related to development said on Sunday

L&T bags up to Rs 2,500-crore contract for Mumbai Ahmedabad bullet train

Infrastructure company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday said it has received an up to Rs 2,500-crore contract for Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor project. "The heavy civil infrastructure business of L&T Construction has secured a significant contract from two packages of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor," L&T said in a regulatory filing. The company did not provide value of the contracts but said the orders fall under "significant" category which range between Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 2,500 crore as per its classification of contracts. The order is to procure, fabricate, assemble, paint and transport 28 bridges, the company added. L&T said the project was secured through a consortium of L&T and IHI Infrastructure Systems (IIS) of Japan. Shares of L&T were trading 0.56 per cent lower at Rs 1,337.45 apiece on BSE.