Budget 2026-27: FM announces seven new bullet train corridorsBudget 2026: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced seven new high-speed rail corridors in the budget 2026-27, including routes conn...
01 Feb, 2026, 12.40 PM IST
Japanese E-10 bullet trains to run on Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridorIndia is expected to use Japan’s E5 Shinkansen bullet trains for trials on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor and adopt the newe...
14 Jul, 2025, 07.40 PM IST
India's first dedicated railway test track worth Rs 820 crore getting constructed in RajasthanIndia is constructing its first dedicated railway test track in Rajasthan for testing rolling stock, including bullet trains. The 60 km tra...
09 Nov, 2024, 05.44 PM IST
HCC and Megha Construction lowest bidders for bullet train station at Mumbai's BKCThe National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) was incorporated on February 12, 2016, under the Companies Act, 2013 with the obj...
29 Dec, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
Vande Bharat takes around 5 hours in Ahmedabad-Mumbai trial run, breaks bullet train recordDuring the trail, the Vande Bharat train also broke the record of bullet train. The train reached the speed from 0-100 kmph in 52 seconds a...
15 Sep, 2022, 05.01 PM IST
Driver killed, seven passengers injured as bullet train derails in ChinaThe bullet train D2809 was running from China's South Western Guiyang province to the Southern province of Guangzhou when the two carriages...
04 Jun, 2022, 12.40 PM IST
Bullet train trials to be conducted at 350 kmph, comparable to take-off speed of airplanesThe trains will run on special tracks called the "slab track system", popularly known as HSR technology for construction of tracks, patente...
13 Apr, 2022, 07.12 PM IST
Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail: Casting of 970 tonne box girder launchedThe first such full span girder was constructed in a casting yard in Anand district four days ago, it said in a official release, adding th...
01 Nov, 2021, 06.52 PM IST
Bullet train work to start in Maharashtra only after monsoonThe National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC), which is implementing the high-speed train corridor project, has been finding land acquis...
13 Jan, 2019, 11.13 AM IST
Train 18 to likely start operating by December 15: OfficialTrain 18 -- the country's first engine-less semi-high speed train -- is likely to start operating by December 15, a senior railway ministry...
20 Nov, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi highlights faster rail network expansion"Earlier, 1500 km line was commissioned in the last 10 years while today we have succeeded in commissioning 3500 km line in two years," Mod...
15 Aug, 2016, 06.59 PM IST
Railways to lay test track for trial of high-speed trainsThe 20 km test track, including a 5 km loop line, will be developed at an estimated cost of about Rs 100 crore.
15 May, 2016, 01.12 PM IST
China's bullet train on trial run in China's farthest northA bullet train departed from the provincial capital of Harbin at around 5 am to the city of Qiqihar, according to the Harbin Railway Bureau.
13 Jul, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
China conducts first military mobility test on bullet train for rushing troops to XinjiangChina has successfully conducted the first-ever military mobility test by rushing troops and weapons on its bullet train to the Xinjiang pr...
09 Jun, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
At 160kmph, trains to save 2 hours of Mumbai-Ahmedabad travel time“We have submitted initial estimates for the speed improvement project to the railway board for approval,” WR chief public relations Sharat...
23 Nov, 2014, 01.52 PM IST
China to test new fuel efficient bullet trainChina will soon conduct a trial run of its new high-speed bullet train, which uses a cutting-edge traction system with low fuel usage.
07 Nov, 2014, 12.55 PM IST
Rail Budget 2014: Bullet trains in place, but when will they get fired?Experts remained sceptical of the exercise, wondering whether it will take off any time soon.
09 Jul, 2014, 06.11 AM IST