DNA analysis on stone pelters of fastest train T-18
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Dec 21, 2018, 23:20 PM IST
Deshhit: Fastest train T-18 vandalised by stone pelters during trial run
The Railways' fastest train T-18, which is scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 29, was pelted with stones on Thursday during a trial run between Delhi and Agra, a senior official said. Watch this video to know more.
Dec 21, 2018, 22:30 PM IST
Indian Railways studying Japanese clinical efficiency for its bullet train project
Indian Railways may send 300 of its employees to Japan to learn how to run bullet trains with maximum efficiency.
Nov 09, 2018, 21:07 PM IST
Chinese official suggests bullet train service between Kunming-Kolkata
"If the project becomes a reality, it will take only two hours to complete the 2,000-km journey, compared with flights that take almost two hours and 30 minutes," he said at a conference.
Sep 13, 2018, 10:30 AM IST
Bullet train ticket will be costlier than airplane's: Rahul Gandhi in London
"The bullet train is not moving. You can have a fancy poster of bullet train, but the cost of a ticket in bullet train is more than an airline ticket," Gandhi said.
Aug 25, 2018, 23:12 PM IST
Child feeding rooms, freezer, LCDs: Indian Railways finalises details of Bullet trains
Delay in acquiring land for the upcoming Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor project may push back the date of its launch, but the Railways is going ahead in finalising the various components of the bullet train`s rolling stock and passenger facilities.
Jul 29, 2018, 12:18 PM IST
Noisy scenes over Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project in Lok Sabha
Congress said the cost of the high-speed rail corridor was exorbitant and the amount could have been spent on activities like doubling of thousands of kilometers of railway tracks or opening up of new divisions.
Jul 25, 2018, 13:42 PM IST
Britain's dream bullet train project gives rise to protesting voices
The country hopes for a bullet train that rivals those in Japan to be operational by 2026. Protestors largely say that flying has increasingly become a more viable option and foreign involvement in the train project are reasons solid enough to ditch the high-speed trains.
Jul 22, 2018, 17:49 PM IST
Bullet trains can wait, Palghar villagers want doctors and medicines first
About 110 km of the 508 km train corridor passes through Palghar. The project requires an estimated 300 hectares across 73 villages, affecting about 3,000 people, in the stretch.
Jun 18, 2018, 07:14 AM IST
Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train: India set to miss key target in Japan-backed project
The project was delayed following protests by fruit growers
Jun 12, 2018, 06:23 AM IST
MNS disrupts Bullet Train route survey in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers on Monday forced the suspension of the work of measuring land that needs to be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmehigh-speed speed rail corridor, popularly called the bullet train project.
May 07, 2018, 22:10 PM IST
Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train to be fully operational by 2023: Railway Board chairman
The country's first bullet train will run at a maximum speed of 350 km per hour, covering the stretch in under three hours from the usual seven.
Apr 13, 2018, 18:32 PM IST
80% designing of bullet train bridges, tunnels done: Official
The high-speed train would cover the distance of over 500 km between Ahmedabad and Mumbai in less than 3 hrs, from the present 7 hrs.
Mar 26, 2018, 19:47 PM IST
India's first Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to give travellers undersea experience, but building it no easy feat
The undersea tunnel can be built only during high tides, limiting the working period to just 4-5 hours.
Dec 20, 2017, 07:29 AM IST
Bullet train will help Indian Railways become international leaders: Goyal
The minister was responding to questions on Quora
Nov 14, 2017, 10:20 AM IST
Western Railway does a U-turn, claims 100% occupancy on Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train route
The Western Railway on Wednesday claimed that contrary to its own earlier RTI replies of 40 percent drop in seat occupancy coupled with a huge loss in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector, it was actually a very profitable sector with over 100 per cent occupancy even during off-season.
Nov 02, 2017, 11:29 AM IST
Demonetisation biggest man-made disaster, worst than 2004 Tsunami: P Chidambaram
The IMF has lowered India's growth projection to 6.7 percent in 2017.
Oct 28, 2017, 19:38 PM IST
Bullet train project will be demonetisation-like move: Chidambaram
Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday criticised the bullet train project, saying it will be a demonetisation-like move "which will kill everything else", and suggested that the money should instead be spent on improving rail safety.
Sep 30, 2017, 15:08 PM IST
Watch - Arun Jaitley gets annoyed as man asks for Hindi translation of bullet train, reprimands heckler
On September 14, PM Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe had laid in Ahmadabad the foundation stone of the country's first 508-km high-speed bullet train.
Sep 24, 2017, 23:17 PM IST
Six years after crash, China increases max speed of bullet train again
The bullet train between Beijing and Shanghai is considered one of the fastest commercially-operated trains. Safety has been a concern though since a crash in 2011.
Sep 21, 2017, 17:05 PM IST