Chinese Railway Network

Nepal has chosen a railway-track gauge used by China for its network and not the main one India uses citing lower costs, a minister said on Tuesday, a setback for India as it tries to limit Chinese involvement in the Himalayan country.

India can accelerate its rail upgrading process and shorten the investment time if it cooperates with China, a Chinese daily has said.

It is "not in India's best interest" to bar China from high-speed train projects, Chinese state-run media has declared.

India is in urgent need of upgrading its railways and China can offer the necessary help, official media said here today as it expressed concerns over the poor maintenance of India's rail network following the deadly train derailment that claimed over 147 lives.

Having already expanded its influence in Nepal with road and rail network through Tibet, China is now looking to stretch its railway link to Bihar to improve connectivity with India and South Asia, state-run Chinese media reported today.

China plans to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and Nepal passing through a tunnel under Mt Everest, a move that could raise an alarm in India about China's growing influence in its neighbourhood.

China will pledge to invest billions of dollars in India's rail network during a visit by President Xi Jinping this week, bringing more than diplomatic nicety to the neighbours' first summit since Narendra Modi became prime minister in May.

Nepal has chosen a railway-track gauge used by China for its network and not the main one India uses citing lower costs, a minister said on Tuesday, a setback for India as it tries to limit Chinese involvement in the Himalayan country.

India can accelerate its rail upgrading process and shorten the investment time if it cooperates with China, a Chinese daily has said.

It is "not in India's best interest" to bar China from high-speed train projects, Chinese state-run media has declared.

India is in urgent need of upgrading its railways and China can offer the necessary help, official media said here today as it expressed concerns over the poor maintenance of India's rail network following the deadly train derailment that claimed over 147 lives.

Having already expanded its influence in Nepal with road and rail network through Tibet, China is now looking to stretch its railway link to Bihar to improve connectivity with India and South Asia, state-run Chinese media reported today.

China plans to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and Nepal passing through a tunnel under Mt Everest, a move that could raise an alarm in India about China's growing influence in its neighbourhood.

China will pledge to invest billions of dollars in India's rail network during a visit by President Xi Jinping this week, bringing more than diplomatic nicety to the neighbours' first summit since Narendra Modi became prime minister in May.