The Diamond Quadrilateral is a project of the Indian railways to establish high speed rail network in India. This quadrilateral will connect the four metro cities in India, i.e. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
The Rail Budget presented by Railway Minister to increase the speed of trains in select sectors to 160-200 km/h and also identified 12 sectors for high speed bullet train projects across the country. Higher speed for existing super fast trains can be achieved by upgrading the present rail network but bullet trains will require completely new infrastructure
High-speed train on Mumbai-Ahmedabad section will be the first bullet train corridor to be implemented in the country. The Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor is an approved high-speed railcorridor in India connecting the cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad. If built, it will be India's first high speed rail line.
Construction of one kilometer of high speed railway track will cost Rs 100-140 crore and the country will need a total of Rs 90,000 crore to lay the entire high speed train corridor.
Proposed High-Speed Bullet Train Corridors in India ( 320 km / hour )
- Mumbai-Ahmedabad
- Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor is the first proposed high-speed rail corridor in India, connecting the two cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The 650 km long high speed rail corridor will be India’s first high speed rail line.
- The fare of the bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad may be somewhere around one and half times more than the fare of the first AC of Rajdhani Express and it would be around ₹2800.
Proposed Semi High-Speed Train Corridors in India ( 200 km / hr )
Developments
- High Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited (HSRC) has been formed on the directions of Ministry of Railways, Government of India, for development and implementation of high speed rail projects.
- 12 companies from six countries, including France, Germany, Italy and China, have entered the race to become part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet Diamond Quadrilateral bullet train project.
- Japan offers soft loan at 1% for bullet train project
- Feasibility Studies on Diamond Quadrilateral:
- a) Delhi-Mumbai (Package-I) : Feasibility Study Contract awarded to a Consortium of M/s The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation (CHINA) and Lahmeyer International (India) Pvt. Ltd, India
- b) Mumbai-Chennai (Package-II) : Feasibility Study Contract awarded to a Consortium of M/s SYSTRA (FRANCE) - RITES- Ernest &Young LLP.
- c) Delhi-Kolkata (Package-III) : Feasibility Study Contract awarded to a Consortium of M/s INECO (SPAIN) - M/s TYPSA- M/s Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Private Limited
- d) Delhi-Chennai: Delhi-Nagpur section of this corridor is being taken up as Phase I under Government to Government cooperation. Planning study report for this High Speed Rail Corridor by China Railway SIYUAN Survey and Design Group Co. Ltd has been completed. Project Feasibility Study is yet to be taken up by SIYUAN. High Speed Rail Corporation of India Ltd is the counterpart agency.
- CHENNAI-BANGALURU-MYSORE : Feasibility Study for Speed raising on this section in cooperation with China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group is in progress. China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group has submitted Interim Report in June 2015. High Speed Rail Corporation of India Ltd is the counterpart agency
- DELHI-CHANDIGARH-AMRITSAR : Pre-Feasibility study of this High Speed Rail Corridor is in progress. Interim Report-II has been submitted by the consultant M/s Systra of France in Sep 2015.
- Mumbai - Ahmedabad : An MOU has been signed between Japan International Cooperation Agency ( JICA) and Ministry of Railways for conducting a joint feasibility study for Mumbai - Ahmedabad high speed rail system. JICA has submitted its Final Report of Feasibility Study of this corridor to Ministry of Railways in July 2015.
Ref
- http://hsrc.in/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Quadrilateral
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai%E2%80%93Ahmedabad_high-speed_rail_corridor
- http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-22/news/60369506_1_feasibility-study-bullet-train-project-speed-corridor-project
- http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/mumbai-ahmedabad-bullet-train-may-be-worlds-cheapest-less-than-double-ac-i-fare/
- http://www.firstpost.com/business/modi-dream-gets-wings-edging-out-china-japan-offers-india-loan-at-1-for-bullet-train-2478520.html
- http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-wheels-get-moving-on-mumbai-ahmedabad-bullet-train-interim-report-submitted-2038186
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The Shiv Sena on Friday continued its attack on India and Japan’s joint venture of bullet train. In the editorial of its mouthpiece, Saamna, the party said that if Indian railways had taken lessons from Japan on the safety formula of its railway system, the country would have been happier.
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