Metro Rail News November 2017

The bullet train or high-speed train project was
originally scheduled to be completed in 2023, but
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has been quoted as
saying that PM Modi is confident that Indian
engineers will achieve the feat in lesser time. The
bullet train project, which has been in works for
some years now, was given the clearance by Modi
government in 2015.
The unprecedented scale of the infrastructure
projects assumes special significance given the fact
that it comes under ‘Make in India’. Not only that,
Piyush Goyal is confident that once India absorbs the
technology of making bullet trains, it will be able to
export to the world as well! That’s just one amazing
fact about the project, though! From a 7 kilometre
long under-sea tunnel to a maximum speed of 350
kmph – we take a look at 10 mind-blowing facts
about India’s first bullet train project:-
officials, quoted by PTI, have said that the fare
would be comparable to that of Rajdhani Express
AC-2 tier.
2. Seating capacity and frequency:
Japan’s Shinkansen E5 series of bullet trains have
been identified for the project. The bullet train –
with executive and economy-class seats – will
have 10 coaches that will be able to seat as many
as 750 passengers. Later, Indian Railways
proposes to add 6 more coaches to take the
seating capacity to 1,250 passengers. Initially, 35
bullet trains will be operated. By 2053 this
number is likely to go up to 105. The bullet trains
are expected to do 70 Ahmedabad-Mumbai
sorties in a day. While 24 bullet trains will be
imported from Japan, the rest will be
manufactured in India, reported IANS.
1. Cheaper than flights?
The government, in its own words, aims to keep the
bullet train ride “affordable for all”. Railways
3. Train features:
Earlier in the year, PTI had reported that
Shinkansen bullet train for India will have two
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