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Indian Railway to from join working group with Japan
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New Delhi: Feb 19: (CMC) Trains between Delhi and Mumbai may run at a speed of 200 km per hour if efforts of railways bear fruit for which it is taking the help of Japan.
A Japanese delegation has met Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi recently and made a presentation about the operation of high speed train in the country.
Japan's high speed trains Shinkansen operate at a speed of up to 300 km per hour and are known for their punctuality,comfort,safety and efficiency.
"I am quite impressed by the safety record of high-speed trains in Japan as there has been no accident till date," Trivedi said adding "we are forming a joint working group with Japan to carry forward the high-speed train proposal."
While railways have identified six routes for conducting study for running train at 300 km per hour speed on elevated track, it has selected Delhi-Mumbai route to operate train at 200 km on the existing track.
Japan has conducted a study to run high-speed train in Delhi-Mumbai route. "They have finalised the report and it will be submitted to us shortly," a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project said.
Railways have also selected a Japanese consortium to undertake feasibility study for running the train at 300 km per hour speed on the 869 km long Chennai-Bangalore-Thiruvanthapuram route.
"The Japan Railway Technical Service along with Oriental Consultants have been awarded the contract to conduct the study," said a senior Railway Ministry official.
Indian Railway to from join working group with Japan
clean media correspondent
New Delhi: Feb 19: (CMC) Trains between Delhi and Mumbai may run at a speed of 200 km per hour if efforts of railways bear fruit for which it is taking the help of Japan.
A Japanese delegation has met Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi recently and made a presentation about the operation of high speed train in the country.
Japan's high speed trains Shinkansen operate at a speed of up to 300 km per hour and are known for their punctuality,comfort,safety and efficiency.
"I am quite impressed by the safety record of high-speed trains in Japan as there has been no accident till date," Trivedi said adding "we are forming a joint working group with Japan to carry forward the high-speed train proposal."
While railways have identified six routes for conducting study for running train at 300 km per hour speed on elevated track, it has selected Delhi-Mumbai route to operate train at 200 km on the existing track.
Japan has conducted a study to run high-speed train in Delhi-Mumbai route. "They have finalised the report and it will be submitted to us shortly," a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project said.
Railways have also selected a Japanese consortium to undertake feasibility study for running the train at 300 km per hour speed on the 869 km long Chennai-Bangalore-Thiruvanthapuram route.
"The Japan Railway Technical Service along with Oriental Consultants have been awarded the contract to conduct the study," said a senior Railway Ministry official.
i hope our nation railway do best of best with this help...............
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