Japan-India bullet train, metro project gain steam
6 years, 3 months ago

Japan-India bullet train, metro project gain steam

India Today  

Japan International Cooperation Agency has signed two agreements on Friday with the Government of India to provide Official Development Assistance loan for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail and the Kolkata East-West Metro Project. With the signing of this third loan agreement for the Kolkata Metro Project, the cumulative loan amount provided by JICA for Metro projects in India exceeds 1.2 trillion Japanese Yen. READ| Why 1,000 farmers do not want Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train JICA signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide an ODA loan of 89,547 million Japanese Yen as Tranche 1. Kolkata East-West Metro Project The other big project that Japan and India have embarked upon is the building a metro rail system between Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V, including an underwater section, as a part of the 'Kolkata East-West Metro Project '.

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After Vande Bharat Express, new bullet trains to be launched in India soon, Railway Ministry prepares plans
1 month ago

After Vande Bharat Express, new bullet trains to be launched in India soon, Railway Ministry prepares plans

India TV News  

After the successful launch of the Vande Bharat Express, the Indian Railways is planning to launch new bullet trains in India to enhance connectivity. The development comes at a time when the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is getting ready to be launched in the country. Along with the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, the Ministry of Railways has asked the National High-Speed …

India-made bullet trains with speeds of up to 280 km/hour soon: Key details
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India-made bullet trains with speeds of up to 280 km/hour soon: Key details

India Today  

In a push to PM Narendra Modi's Viksit Bharat campaign, the government has decided to produce its own bullet trains capable of reaching speeds of up to 280 km/hour, moving away from the plan to purchase Japanese Shinkansen trains. These high-speed trains will be designed and fully manufactured in India, following challenges related to the cost and delivery timelines of …

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: Is India looking at alternatives to Japan for project?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: Is India looking at alternatives to Japan for project?

Firstpost  

India had initially announced that the country’s first bullet train, which would run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai — a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi — would be operational by 2022. India had announced that the country’s first bullet train would run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai — a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “An internal directive to …

Mumbai Metro 3 inches closer to completion, receives ₹4,474 crore fund infusion
6 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai Metro 3 inches closer to completion, receives ₹4,474 crore fund infusion

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The city’s first underground metro rail corridor connecting Colaba in south Mumbai with Seepz in the western suburbs inched closer to completion on Friday as Japan International Cooperation Agency extended the fifth and final tranche of the official development assistance amounting to ₹4,474 crore to Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation. Manisha Sinha, additional secretary, department of economic affairs, and the …

JICA issues final tranche of loan for Mumbai Metro Line 3 Project
6 months, 1 week ago

JICA issues final tranche of loan for Mumbai Metro Line 3 Project

Live Mint  

The Japan International Cooperation Agency has issued the fifth and final tranche of its ₹4,474-crore official development assistance loan for the Mumbai Metro Line 3 Project, the agency said in a statement on Friday. Line 3, the last remaining part of the Mumbai Metro project, will connect several major landmarks, educational institutions and business centres of the city. Earlier this …

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train expected to begin operations in Gujarat by 2027 end
6 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train expected to begin operations in Gujarat by 2027 end

The Hindu  

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, is expected to begin operations in Gujarat by 2027 end and will later be extended to Maharashtra, according to the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited. The first phase of operations is likely to begin ahead of the Gujarat Assembly election, which is due in 2027 with the term of …

Bullet train completion depends on awards of all tenders: Indian Railways
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bullet train completion depends on awards of all tenders: Indian Railways

India TV News  

The Indian Railways has said that it is unable to assess the completion date of the highly awaited, country’s first bullet train project because all work tenders have not been awarded yet. Chandra Shekhar Gaur from Madhya Pradesh sought the details from National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited about the estimated date for the completion of the whole project through an …

India's first bullet train run likely in June-July 2026: Report
10 months, 1 week ago

India's first bullet train run likely in June-July 2026: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Railways is ‘confident’ that the country's first bullet train will commence operation in June-July 2026 in Gujarat, as India will seal the deal to procure the first six Shinkansen trains from Japan by the end of the month, the Times of India has reported. India's first bullet train project will connect the cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad and …

PM unveils India's first underwater metro in Kolkata: All you need to know
10 months, 1 week ago

PM unveils India's first underwater metro in Kolkata: All you need to know

Firstpost  

PM Modi has inaugurated the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro’s East-West corridor — India’s first-ever underwater metro route. The 16.6-kilometre-long corridor will connect Howrah and Salt Lake, Kolkata’s twin cities Prime Minister Narendra Modi with school students on board India's first underwater metro, in Kolkata. #WATCH | West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with school students as they …

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s 1st underwater metro connecting Kolkata-Howrah
10 months, 1 week ago

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s 1st underwater metro connecting Kolkata-Howrah

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated India’s first underwater metro route connecting Kolkata and Howrah in West Bengal along with other connectivity projects across the country worth ₹15,400 crore. “E-W metro corridor has the distinction of the very first under river transportation tunnel in India below the River Hooghly, being 520m long and 13 m below the river bed …

India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata: PM Modi unveils multiple metro projects
10 months, 1 week ago

India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata: PM Modi unveils multiple metro projects

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 6 inaugurated the Kolkata Metro's Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section, which passes below the mighty Hooghly river through the country's first underwater transportation tunnel. The ₹1,430-crore Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of the New Garia-airport line was also inaugurated from the function at the Esplanade Metro Station. PM inaugurates Agra Metro priority corridor The priority corridor of …

PM Modi In Bengal Today Amid Sandeshkhali Row, To Unveil Country's First Underwater Metro Route
10 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi In Bengal Today Amid Sandeshkhali Row, To Unveil Country's First Underwater Metro Route

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal today where he will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate developmental projects worth Rs 15,400 crore in the state capital, Kolkata. He will inaugurate the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro's East-West corridor which will be India's first underwater metro service. To boost the public mobility in Kolkata, the Prime Minister will …

India's first underwater metro train service in Kolkata to be inaugurated by PM Modi today. Details
10 months, 1 week ago

India's first underwater metro train service in Kolkata to be inaugurated by PM Modi today. Details

India TV News  

West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will inaugurate India's first underwater metro rail service in Kolkata on the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section. India's first underwater metro | Key things to note Kolkata Metro touched a milestone in April 2023, as its rakes completed a trial journey under the bed of river Hooghly through a tunnel 32 metres below water …

JICA offers development assistance worth Rs25,847 crores to India
1 year, 9 months ago

JICA offers development assistance worth Rs25,847 crores to India

Live Mint  

The Japan International Cooperation Agency said on Wednesday it has signed four official development assistance loan agreements for infrastructure, climate change response and livelihood improvement projects in India, one of them being the single largest project in its history. One of the four projects is the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project, which gets the biggest loan yet by JICA of …

What is status of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train? Railways ministry shares update
1 year, 10 months ago

What is status of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train? Railways ministry shares update

Hindustan Times  

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, which is anticipated to be delayed by four years from its original deadline of December 2023, has 26% of the work finished, railways minister informed. Rail ministry stated that in Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, 37.64 Km girders to support the structure had been launched. According to the operational plan, high-speed trains on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed …

India's first underwater metro services to begin in Kolkata by December 2023
2 years ago

India's first underwater metro services to begin in Kolkata by December 2023

India TV News  

The East-West Metro Corridor project which is India's first underwater metro service is expected to be completed by December 2023, the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation said on Friday. "The ongoing underwater tunnel project is likely to be completed by December 2023," said Shailesh Kumar, General Manager, KMRC. Construction of underwater metro tunnel: The metro official also said that the construction …

Devendra Fadnavis assures Japanese officials of fast-tracking bullet train, other infra projects
2 years, 5 months ago

Devendra Fadnavis assures Japanese officials of fast-tracking bullet train, other infra projects

The Hindu  

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has assured Consul General of Japan in Mumbai Fukahori Yasukata of fast-tracking infrastructure projects like bullet train, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The bullet train project is aimed at running the train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai on a high speed rail corridor at a speed of 320 kmph, covering a distance of …

Plans for metro connectivity to Hyderabad’s Old City revived
2 years, 10 months ago

Plans for metro connectivity to Hyderabad’s Old City revived

The Hindu  

The Hyderabad Metro Rail has received allocations to the tune of ₹2,377.35 crore in this year’s budget with pending connectivity to the Old City from MGBS, Imlibun to Falaknuma of Corridor II of 5.5 km suddenly receiving a filip. New proposed rapid metro rail to the Shamshabad airport has been allotted ₹377.35 crore for which the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation …

India’s First High Speed Rail Project: Work for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Gets Into the Fast Lane, Watch Video
2 years, 10 months ago

India’s First High Speed Rail Project: Work for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Gets Into the Fast Lane, Watch Video

News 18  

The development work on India’s first Bullet Train project is underway. According to the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, the Bullet Trains will be equipped with the most advanced signaling system which is used in Japan’s Shinkansen trains. The Railway Ministry shared a clip on the ongoing construction work of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, via their Twitter handle, …

NHSRCL casts first full height pier on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor
3 years, 5 months ago

NHSRCL casts first full height pier on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor

India Today  

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited took a significant step forward in its construction on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor by casting the first full height pier near Gujarat's Vapi district. SEE: First images of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train released | In Pics The pier is cast with 183 cubic metres of concrete quantity and 18.820 MT of steel. First …

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: NHSRCL invites bids for Sabarmati depot construction
3 years, 5 months ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: NHSRCL invites bids for Sabarmati depot construction

India TV News  

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited on Thursday said that it has invited bids for the construction of Sabarmati Rolling stock depot for 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project, popularly known as Bullet Train project. NHSRCL spokesperson Sushma Gaur said that it has invited bids for design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of Sabarmati Depot consisting of workshop, inspection …

Why India's bullet train project is running late in Maharashtra
3 years, 11 months ago

Why India's bullet train project is running late in Maharashtra

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Bullet Train, was supposed to be commissioned by December 2023. The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, a special purpose vehicle set up for the bullet train project, had invited tenders for the underground station. The Maharashtra government is perceived as being hesitant in acquiring land for the bullet train …

Can India get its first bullet train by 2023? | An RTI story
4 years ago

Can India get its first bullet train by 2023? | An RTI story

India Today  

The Japanese embassy released on Monday the first official pictures of the bullet train that will be used for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project. To know the status of the project, India Today filed an RTI application with the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, which is responsible for the development and execution of the bullet train project. In its …

First images of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train released. See pics
4 years ago

First images of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train released. See pics

India Today  

The first visuals of the E5 Series Shinkansen, also known as Japan’s bullet train, has been released by the Japanese embassy. In September, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said over 80 per cent of land for the bullet train project has been acquired in Gujarat, but not even 25 per cent land has been acquired in Maharashtra. While land acquisition …

National High Speed Rail Corp opens technical bids for Mumbai- Ahmedabad Bullet train corridor
4 years, 3 months ago

National High Speed Rail Corp opens technical bids for Mumbai- Ahmedabad Bullet train corridor

Live Mint  

National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd on Wednesday said it has opened technical bids for construction of 237 km stretch of the much awaited high speed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor. As many as three bidders -- Afcons Infrastructure– IRCON International– JMC Projects India consortium, Larsen & Toubro, and NCC– Tata Projects- J. Kumar Infra Projects- High Speed Rail Consortium -- …

Bullet Train: Railways to undertake DPR for 6 more high speed corridors
4 years, 10 months ago

Bullet Train: Railways to undertake DPR for 6 more high speed corridors

India TV News  

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today informed the Parliament that apart from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, the Indian Railways was going to undertake six more High-Speed Rail corridors. The Railway Minister also made it clear that at the moment, Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor is the only sanctioned High-Speed Rail Project, which is under execution with technical and financial assistance from …

Bullet train on the slow track
4 years, 10 months ago

Bullet train on the slow track

India Today  

Things aren't going as planned for the $22 billion High Speed Rail Corridor connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The project, using Japanese-built Shinkansen bullet trains, promises to slash travel times between the two cities from eight hours to under three. Sources say Prime Minister Narendra Modi's marquee project will, in all likelihood, miss even its original 2023-end deadline now. Another damper …

Bullet Train funds likely to go for Maha farm loan waiver
5 years, 1 month ago

Bullet Train funds likely to go for Maha farm loan waiver

The Quint  

New Delhi, Nov 26 Maharashtra's new Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government, after taking over, is likely to announce a farm loan waiver scheme by cutting on the state's share in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed train project. On November 21, IANS has reported that Modi's Bullet train project, being implemented by the National High Speed Railway Corp Ltd, …

Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project may hit roadblock
5 years, 1 month ago

Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project may hit roadblock

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's highly ambitious Bullet train project of the National High Speed Railway Corp between Mumbai-Ahmedabad may hit a roadblock if the Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena combine comes to power in Maharashtra. Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had jointly laid the foundation stone for the Bullet train project in Ahmedabad in September 2017. A senior NCP source told …

Soon, officials could visit Japan for India’s bullet train project
5 years, 4 months ago

Soon, officials could visit Japan for India’s bullet train project

Hindustan Times  

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited has sought nomination of officers, who could be sent to Japan to prepare for certifications required for India’s first bullet train project, according to officials aware of the development. The Commission of Railway Safety, which certifies new rail tracks and trains in the country for safe operations, has no experience of certifying bullet …

24 train sets planned for procurement from Japan for bullet train project: Piyush Goyal
5 years, 6 months ago

24 train sets planned for procurement from Japan for bullet train project: Piyush Goyal

India TV News  

Twenty-four train sets have been planned for procurement from Japan for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed project, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Goyal said the estimated total cost of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project, including the cost of rolling stock, is Rs 1,08,000 crore, out of which 81 per cent price will be …

Union Cabinet sanctions the Kanpur and Agra metro rail projects
5 years, 10 months ago

Union Cabinet sanctions the Kanpur and Agra metro rail projects

Op India  

The Union Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi, has given its nod for construction of metro projects in Kanpur and Agra, to enhance transport in both cities. केंद्रीय मंत्रिपरिषद द्वारा कानपुर तथा आगरा की मेट्रो रेल परियोजनाओं को मंजूरी दिए जाने के लिए आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी का आभार। प्रदेशवासियों, खासतौर पर आगरा तथा कानपुर …

Cabinet clears Phase-II of Ahemdabad Metro Rail Project
5 years, 10 months ago

Cabinet clears Phase-II of Ahemdabad Metro Rail Project

The Quint  

New Delhi, Feb 19 The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved implementation of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II. The project comprises two corridors of with a total length of 28.254 km: Corridor 1 from Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir and Corridor 2 from GNLU to GIFT City. The project will provide the much-needed additional public transport infrastructure to Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. …

Farmers hold protest rally against Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project in Gujarat's Navsari; concerns include depletion of green belt
5 years, 11 months ago

Farmers hold protest rally against Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project in Gujarat's Navsari; concerns include depletion of green belt

Firstpost  

Farmers from 29 villages in Gujarat’s Navsari held a protest rally against bullet train project on Wednesday Navsari: Farmers from 29 villages in Navsari held a protest rally against bullet train project on Wednesday. In the memorandum, 14 concerns have been raised against the bullet train project. We do not want the green zone to be disturbed.” In June 2018, …

15 Indian cities where Metro train work is going on
6 years, 2 months ago

15 Indian cities where Metro train work is going on

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With over 500 km of Metro rail line already operational in several cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, etc, at least 15 other cities in India are right now working on Metro trains. Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs Hardeep S. Puri said more than 664 km of Metro rail projects in …

India’s 200 miles-per-hour bullet train has starting trouble
6 years, 2 months ago

India’s 200 miles-per-hour bullet train has starting trouble

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s bullet train project is moving at the pace of a commuter train instead. At the current rate of land acquisition, the bullet train built with Japan’s ‘Shinkansen’ technology risks missing its 2023 completion target. “Land acquisition is a very common problem in India and many projects are delayed, there’s no question about that,” said Raghbendra Jha, an …

Why 1,000 farmers do not want Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train
6 years, 3 months ago

Why 1,000 farmers do not want Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe launched the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train in September 2017. More than 1,000 farmers have filed an affidavit in the Gujarat High Court with the request that the work must stop on the bullet train project. Now, these 1,000 farmers have told the high court that they don't want to give their …

No compromise on quality of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, says head of consultant firm for project
6 years, 4 months ago

No compromise on quality of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, says head of consultant firm for project

Firstpost  

The training institute, being made in Vadodara’s Lal Bagh area as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, has completed 15-20 percent and is ensuring that India doesn’t have to compromise on “quality and parameters” in the project. Vadodara: The training institute, being made in Vadodara’s Lal Bagh area as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project, has completed 15-20 …

Want to drive India’s first bullet train? Knowing Japanese could be your ticket
6 years, 5 months ago

Want to drive India’s first bullet train? Knowing Japanese could be your ticket

Hindustan Times  

In addition to other qualifications, knowledge of the Japanese language could be a useful asset for those aspiring to drive the super-fast Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train when the project becomes operational by 2023. The foundation stone for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinto Abe last year. Known in Japan as …

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