BULLET TRAIN NETWORK IS BENEFICIAL FOR INDIA
TEAM-GRAND CANYON
Bullet Trains in India: In September 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone of the ambitious bullet train project – connecting Mumbai with Ahmedabad.
There are arguments for and against adopting bullet trains in India. Does India really need bullet trains? Let’s see.
What are Bullet Trains?
The Shinkansen high-speed trains of Japan are colloquially called as bullet trains for their appearance and speed.
It is a term generally used to describe a high-speed train of speeds above 250 kmph.
The First Indian Bullet Train Project in india
India’s first bullet train will run in the Mumbai and Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor, whose construction began in September 2017.
It is a 508 km long high-speed rail corridor built with the help of Japan.
The train will run at a speed of 320kmph and is expected to be completed by 2022.
The 2009–2010 Rail Budget of India introduced the Mumbai–Ahmedabad corridor and 5 other high-speed rail corridors for a feasibility study.
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