India's new bullet trains will be customised to suit the subcontinent's climate conditions“The environmental conditions in Japan are different. Initially, we thought we will bring the trains lock, stock and barrel since it’s time...
22 Feb, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train may end up arriving very late in MaharashtraThe Shiv Sena-BJP tussle and snags in land acquisition are forcing the Rs 1.1 lakh crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project to lose s...
21 Nov, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Delhi to Ahmedabad in just over three hours? Yes pleaseThis is the second bullet train project being planned in India and it would connect into the high-speed rail (HSR) corridor from Ahmedabad ...
12 Sep, 2020, 06.52 AM IST
COVID snag in bullet train project: Mumbai-Ahmedabad project may fail to meet 2023 deadlineThe National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) has already acquired 63 per cent of the land for the project -- about 77% land in Gujarat...
05 Sep, 2020, 12.05 AM IST
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train fare to be around Rs 3,000The bullet train corridor will have 12 stations across its 508-km stretch between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
12 Sep, 2019, 11.02 PM IST
Design of Thane bullet train station reworked to reduce number of mangroves affected: NHSRCLNHRSCL MD Achal Khare said in a statement that all the required wildlife, forest and CRZ clearance has been taken. He said the forest clear...
29 Jun, 2019, 11.28 AM IST
NHSRCL employees handed over Japanese language proficiency certificateThe training programme on Japanese language and culture has been developed by the Japan Foundation which is based on the established standa...
17 Nov, 2018, 05.30 PM IST
Now Bullet train to take a big bite of Thane forestThe Bullet train is the fourth project for which verdant forest land in Thane and Palghar districts is being sacrificed.
29 Jul, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Bullet train: Compensation for land to be much more than what Act says, claims officialFor the project, around 1,400 hectares of land will be acquired in Gujarat and Maharashtra, 1,120 hectares of which is privately owned. Aro...
12 May, 2018, 05.02 PM IST
Construction for bullet train corridor to begin in January 2019The Indian Railways has plans of acquiring around 1,400 hectares of linear land in Maharashtra and Gujarat at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore.
14 Apr, 2018, 08.26 AM IST
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train fares could start as low as Rs 250Fares have been based on present projections and calculations. There would be one business class and the fares for this is likely to be hig...
13 Apr, 2018, 08.28 PM IST
80% designing of bullet train bridges, tunnels done: OfficialPrime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe had last year launched the ambitious project, which is expected to be ...
26 Mar, 2018, 01.26 PM IST
High-speed rail training centre to come up in VadodaraThe training centre will have a sample track fitted with the overhead electrical systems to enable testing of bullet trains that will run o...
13 Sep, 2017, 02.00 PM IST
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train on course to hit tracks by 2023: Achal Khare, MD, NHSRCThe NHSRC is executing the ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad. In an interview with TOI, Khare says the project will be completed by December 2023.
22 May, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
Achal Khare appointed MD of high speed rail corporationThe Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post for a period of five years, an order issued by DoPT said.
18 Apr, 2017, 02.51 PM IST
- India, Malaysia to ink multi-million dollar railway deal
Giving a boost to the India-Malaysia cooperation, the two countries will ink a $ 1 billion railway contract, which has been bagged by an In...
13 May, 2008, 04.09 PM IST