High Speed Rail Link

The Gujarat government in collaboration with the Indian Railways will lay a new Ahmedabad-Rajkot Railway Link dedicated for high speed trains and the route will be linked to the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, a senior official said on Friday.

A consortium led by a state-owned Chinese firm has won a bid for a feasibility study into a high-speed rail link between India's political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai, the company's parent said, in what could lead to a major deal between the Asian rivals.

The government has appointed Chinese, French and Spanish firms to conduct studies into building three high-speed rail lines linking its major cities, the Railways Ministry said on Wednesday.

China is keen to establish a high speed rail link between Kunming and Kolkata as part of its efforts to revive the ancient silk route, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Turkey's much-vaunted high speed rail link between the main cities of Ankara and Istanbul suffered a new setback just a week before its official opening when a train crashed in testing, media reports said on Friday.

Rail Minister Pawan Bansal on Tuesday proposed to link freight rates with diesel prices in a bid to improve Rail finances. Freight rates will have an additional Fuel Adjustment Component, which will be dynamic to reflect hikes in High Speed Diesel (HSD) and electricity charges, the minister said.

In a boost to Kerala's efforts to fast-track infrastructure development, the Centre has given the green signal to its ambitious high speed rail corridor project, linking the entire stretch from Kasargode in the north to the state capital in the south.

The Gujarat government in collaboration with the Indian Railways will lay a new Ahmedabad-Rajkot Railway Link dedicated for high speed trains and the route will be linked to the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, a senior official said on Friday.

A consortium led by a state-owned Chinese firm has won a bid for a feasibility study into a high-speed rail link between India's political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai, the company's parent said, in what could lead to a major deal between the Asian rivals.

The government has appointed Chinese, French and Spanish firms to conduct studies into building three high-speed rail lines linking its major cities, the Railways Ministry said on Wednesday.

China is keen to establish a high speed rail link between Kunming and Kolkata as part of its efforts to revive the ancient silk route, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Turkey's much-vaunted high speed rail link between the main cities of Ankara and Istanbul suffered a new setback just a week before its official opening when a train crashed in testing, media reports said on Friday.

Rail Minister Pawan Bansal on Tuesday proposed to link freight rates with diesel prices in a bid to improve Rail finances. Freight rates will have an additional Fuel Adjustment Component, which will be dynamic to reflect hikes in High Speed Diesel (HSD) and electricity charges, the minister said.

In a boost to Kerala's efforts to fast-track infrastructure development, the Centre has given the green signal to its ambitious high speed rail corridor project, linking the entire stretch from Kasargode in the north to the state capital in the south.