An Indian Railways team is in China to chalk out plans for conducting a study to build a 1,754 km-long Delhi-Chennai high-speed train corridor, the world’s second largest bullet train line.
The high-level team of officials from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, led by Satish Agnihotri, arrived on Monday and is in talks with offiicals of China’s high speed rail corp to build the Delhi-Chennai corridor. China has agreed to conduct the study free of cost during President Xi Jinping’s visit to India in September, officials said. The proposed corridor could be the second largest in the world after China’s 2,298-km Beijing-Guangzhou line which was launched last year. Trains on the line, running at a speed of 300 km per hour, cover the distance in about eight hours. The Delhi-Chennai high speed line could cost around $32.6 billion, state-run China Daily quoted Chinese officials as saying.
India is currently considering two corridors for high speed trains. While Japan is conducting a feasibility study for a bullet train project along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, China will do the same for the Delhi-Chennai route which is expected to begin by early next year.
Under the agreement, China has agreed to provide training in heavy haul for 100 Indian Railways officials, redevelopment of existing railway stations and establishment and establishment of a railway university in India.
The training is expected to begin soon.
The two countries have also agreed to cooperate to identify the technical inputs required to increase speed on the existing railway line from Chennai to Mysuru via Bengaluru.
The Delhi-Chennai route is part of the proposed Diamond Quadrilateral project, which aims at building a high-speed train network between different cities, including Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-Chennai, Chennai-Kolkata, Kolkata-Delhi and Mumbai-Kolkata lines.
Currently, the Rajdhani Express train covers the distance between Delhi and Chennai in 28 hours and as per the plan, the proposed bullet trains, travelling at 300 km per hour, will reduce the travelling time to six hours.
The high-level team of officials from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, led by Satish Agnihotri, arrived on Monday and is in talks with offiicals of China’s high speed rail corp to build the Delhi-Chennai corridor. China has agreed to conduct the study free of cost during President Xi Jinping’s visit to India in September, officials said. The proposed corridor could be the second largest in the world after China’s 2,298-km Beijing-Guangzhou line which was launched last year. Trains on the line, running at a speed of 300 km per hour, cover the distance in about eight hours. The Delhi-Chennai high speed line could cost around $32.6 billion, state-run China Daily quoted Chinese officials as saying.
India is currently considering two corridors for high speed trains. While Japan is conducting a feasibility study for a bullet train project along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, China will do the same for the Delhi-Chennai route which is expected to begin by early next year.
Under the agreement, China has agreed to provide training in heavy haul for 100 Indian Railways officials, redevelopment of existing railway stations and establishment and establishment of a railway university in India.
The training is expected to begin soon.
The two countries have also agreed to cooperate to identify the technical inputs required to increase speed on the existing railway line from Chennai to Mysuru via Bengaluru.
The Delhi-Chennai route is part of the proposed Diamond Quadrilateral project, which aims at building a high-speed train network between different cities, including Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-Chennai, Chennai-Kolkata, Kolkata-Delhi and Mumbai-Kolkata lines.
Currently, the Rajdhani Express train covers the distance between Delhi and Chennai in 28 hours and as per the plan, the proposed bullet trains, travelling at 300 km per hour, will reduce the travelling time to six hours.
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