Tag: Bullet train
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All you need to know about India’s first bullet train
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone for Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail on Thursday, here’s a look at what the ambitious project will translate to in the long run. *The 508 km project will cost an estimated Rs 1.08 lakh crore or USD 17 billion and is …
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September 14, 2017 -
Shiv Sena criticises PM Modi’s bullet train project
Severely criticising the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, ruling NDA ally Shiv Sena on Thursday dismissed it as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “expensive dream” which will “loot the nation of Rs 108,000 crore”. Moreover, the newly-appointed Railway Minister Piyush Goyal — who is also the BJP treasurer — has been specifically brought in only for this …
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September 14, 2017 -
PM Modi, Shinzo Abe visit Sabarmati Ashram
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Sabarmati Ashram here on Wednesday. Japanese Prime Minister is on a two-day visit to Gujarat. According to sources, the two leaders and Japan’s first lady Akie Abe paid floral tributes to a portrait and a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at …
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September 13, 2017 -
PM Modi, Shinzo Abe go on a roadshow
Breaking away from official protocol, Prime Minister Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday arrived in India on a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and both will lay the foundation stone of the ambitious Rs 1.08 lakh crore Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. on Wednesday proceeded on a …
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September 13, 2017 -
High-speed rail training centre to come up in Vadodara
The Rs 600-crore high-speed rail training centre for the first bullet train project will be set up in Vadodara, a senior official of the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC) said today. “This centre will come up on the five hectares of land inside the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) here,” NHSRC Managing Director Achal …
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September 13, 2017 -
China’s fastest bullet train makes debut
China's indigenous next generation bullet train with a maximum speed of 400 kmph made its debut on Monday on the country's busiest Beijing-Shanghai line. 'Fuxing', a CR400AF model, departed Beijing South Railway Station at 11:05 am for Shanghai. At the same time, a CR400AF model left Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station for Beijing. The train took about …
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June 26, 2017 -
Drilling of Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail corridor undersea route underway
Drilling of the seven-km undersea route of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail corridor is underway to ascertain soil condition of India's first bullet train path. Passengers will get the thrill of riding under the sea, a first in the country, near Thane at a maximum speed of 350 km per hour in the upcoming high speed train …
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February 19, 2017