Tag: Bullet train

Bullet train PM Modi’s dream, but when you wake up you have to face reality: Maharashtra CM

Referring to the Centre's ambitious bullet train project, which has faced stiff opposition from farmers and tribals whose lands are to be acquired, Thackeray said there should be a comprehensive discussion on its viability.

February 4, 2020

Ticket for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to cost Rs3000

The present estimates suggest that the cost of the entire project would be Rs1.08 lakh crore and attempts are being made to finish the project by December 2023.

September 13, 2019

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project to affect 54 thousand mangroves, says Maharashtra minister

As many as 3,498 people from Palghar will be affected due to the bullet train project, said Raote.

June 24, 2019

Bullet Train: Japanese advisors to assist Indian architects develop 12 stations

The bullet trains are expected to run at 350 km per hour covering the 508 km stretch in about two hours. In comparison, trains currently plying on the route take over seven hours to travel the distance, whereas flights take about an hour.

October 14, 2018

Bullet train initially opposed in Japan too: Piyush Goyal

At the second International Conference on Technological Advancement in Railways and Metro Projects 2018, he said the railways will have to look at the best of technology available anywhere in the world and apply it to the country’s infrastructure.

October 5, 2018

Bullet train project delayed by 50 years until Modi came: Piyush Goyal

"We got a loan of Rs 1.08 lakh crore for 50 years at an interest of 0.1 per cent from Japan. We want to develop a network of speed rail in the country.

July 25, 2018

Godrej Group moves HC against land acquisition for bullet train project

The conglomerate wants change in project's alignment so that it can get nearly 8.6 acres of land out of the project's map

July 9, 2018

‘Robotic’ Railway!

The freak incident at Odisha’s Titlagarh station late on Saturday night was faintly reminiscent of the train that had started moving some years ago in Uttar Pradesh without the guard and the loco driver. The negligent nonchalance inherent in trains inching towards disaster forms the thread that bizarrely connects the two mishaps. The promised “bullet …

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April 10, 2018

Japan bullet train crack could have caused disaster

  The discovery of a 16cm long crack in a Japanese bullet train coach could have led to a major accident, a West Japan Railway official said on Wednesday. West Japan Railway President Tatsuo Kijima told Efe news that the incident was unacceptable and they were aware of its seriousness. The crack was discovered in …

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December 20, 2017

Those opposing bullet train can take bullock carts: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said those opposing the bullet train project should travel on bullock carts. Modi made the comment while lashing out at the Congress for its criticism of the Rs 1.1 lakh crore project — which he said was “a negligible price” — connecting Ahmedabad and Mumbai and to be built …

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December 3, 2017

Bullet train will improve safety standards in India, feel Japanese

With an ambitious China threatening its supremacy in the export of super-fast train systems, Japan appears keen to sell its ‘Shinkansen’ (Bullet Train) technology to India, claiming it would lead to an enormous improvement in the safety standards and an upgrade of the service level of the Indian Railways. Senior Japanese functionaries believe that comprehensive …

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October 14, 2017

PM Modi is a ‘liar’, won’t allow Bullet Train: Raj Thackeray

In the aftermath of the stampede which killed 22 commuters on Friday, MNS President Raj Thackeray on Saturday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “liar” and warned that he would not allow the Bullet Train project till all suburban commuters’ issues are resolved. “I shall not allow even a brick for the Bullet Train project …

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September 30, 2017

Jaitley annoyed as man asks for Hindi translation of ‘bullet train’

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was visibly annoyed on Sunday when a man interrupted him during an event here and sought to know the Hindi equivalent of ‘bullet train. As Jaitley was expounding on the bullet train initiative of the Narendra Modi government and rued that most debates on the issue he came across in …

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September 24, 2017

Powerful typhoon makes landfall in Japan

A powerful typhoon, the 18th of this season, made landfall in Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture on Sunday, the weather agency said. Typhoon Talim, with central atmospheric pressure at 975 hectopascals, had winds at a speed of 30 metres per second near its centre, with gusts reaching nearly 45 meters per second, reports Xinhua news agency. Heavy …

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September 17, 2017

India, Japan sign 15 agreements

India and Japan on Thursday signed 15 agreements, including one to give a fillip to India’s Act East policy by enhancing connectivity and developmental projects in India’s northeast, and for more flights between the two countries. The agreements were inked after the annual bilateral summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo …

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September 14, 2017

Bullet train should run between Delhi, Kolkata: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav today said the Narendra Modi government should have launched the bullet train project for New Delhi-Kolkata route. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today launched India’s first bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said they have initiated the bullet …

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September 14, 2017

Bullet train project not economically viable, says Kharge

The Congress party on Thursday questioned the economic viability of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, for which the foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said his party was not against any development project, but added that the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet …

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September 14, 2017