Page 3 - Bullet Trains

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.

A beaten track: Plan for Railways has vision but lacks clarity on execution

The national transport utility's long-awaited draft national plan merely reiterates a direction that has already been set

Covid-19 impact: Japan struggles to fill bullet trains running empty

"I see more cleaning staff getting off trains than passengers," said Taro Aoki, who oversees 18 fast-food outlets in the capital's main inter-city rail terminal

Indian Railways to allow private players for bullet train projects

The projects -Delhi-Varanasi, Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Chennai-Mysore, Delhi-Amritsar, Mumbai-Hyderabad, and Varanasi-Howrah - are expected to cost around Rs 10 trillion

White elephants

Govt must first evaluate the feasibility of bullet trains

Top headlines: 7 more bullet trains in India; telcos to replace spectrum

From telcos spending Rs 44,000 cr for replacing expired spectrum to centre planing 7 more bullet trains, here are top headlines this morning

Centre plans 7 more bullet train projects at Rs 10-trillion cost

The plan for the new corridors comes amid reports that the commissioning of the first bullet train project will be postponed from December 2023 to October 2028

Bullet train project acquires 60% land, but may fail to meet 2023 deadline

Apart from land acquisition, another major cause for concern before the project is cost escalation owing to a fall in the rupee against the Japanese yen.

The wrong track

Privately-run trains need clear signals

China wants to make the world's fastest bullet trains even faster

China, with the world's biggest high-speed rail network at 25,000 km, has become a testing ground for futuristic transportation