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Japan has a track record of setting up and running successful bullet train networks in their country. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Modi-Abe to lay foundation stone for India's first bullet train

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is arriving in India on Sept 13 and likely to sign 10 MoUs with govt.

11 Sep 2017 1:07 PM

The bullet train, which has a capacity to accommodate 750 people, is expected to reduce travel time between the two cities from seven to three hours. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi, Shinzo Abe to kickstart bullet train plan September 14

The target for its completion is December 2023, though officials say there are indications that the government may seek an earlier deadline of 2022.

10 Sep 2017 3:13 AM

The Japanese bank will give 80 per cent loan and repayment will be done in more than 50 years.

No BKC land given for bullet train, says Diwakar Raote

NCP’s Rahul Narvekar made serious allegations regarding allotment of land.

12 Aug 2017 3:08 AM

The bullet train project needs about 10 acres of land.

BKC plot for project is mired in dispute

The state had also offered land at Kurla for the bullet train to the Central government.

18 Jul 2017 1:35 AM

The bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is PM Narendra Modi’s dream project. The Prime Minister of Japan will visit India soon to lay its foundation.

Bullet train direction to change?

MMRDA doesn’t want train to clash with IFSC’s underground parking.

18 Jul 2017 1:32 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi, Shinzo Abe to flag off bullet train project September

Japanese delegation to hold talks with railway, Niti Aayog officials soon.

04 Jul 2017 1:19 AM

The train took about five hours and 45 minutes to reach Shanghai. (Photo: Twitter)

China's fastest indigenous bullet train makes debut

'Fuxing' or rejuvenation, made the debut on the Beijing- Shanghai line, the country's busiest route used by 50,5000 passengers daily.

26 Jun 2017 6:37 PM

It takes about seven hours to travel between the two cities and the bullet train aims to reduce it to about two hours. (Representational Image)

Work on bullet train corridor to start in September

The bullet train is expected to be operational by 2023.

01 Jun 2017 2:40 AM

MMRDA gives go ahead for bullet train soil test at BKC

MMRDA’s land in BKC.

15 Apr 2017 1:06 AM

Bullet train. (Photo: Representational Image/File)

Mumbai: Bullet train gets past major hurdle over BKC land

The starting point of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor at BKC was a bone of contention between the railways and the MMRDA.

09 Apr 2017 1:17 PM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. (Photo: PTI)

'Where is your bullet train?' Akhilesh takes a dig at Modi

Modi, the SP leader said, served as chief minister of Gujarat for three terms but could not get a Metro there.

27 Feb 2017 4:28 PM

No private airline flies to the city. Shortly after this government took over, a buffalo walked into the Surat airport and an airplane crashed into it, damaging its jet engine. (Representational image)

We need boring leadership to get to the basics

Today Surat is the world’s largest diamond polishing centre.

04 Dec 2016 1:55 AM

The project will cost around Rs 1 lakh crore. The cost is officially said to Rs 97,636 crore but reports said a Rs 10,000 crore additional cost may be incurred. (Representational image)

A vanity project far from real India

India is a country where 38 per cent of all children are malnourished and stunted at the age of two.

13 Nov 2016 1:30 AM

Sayonara Japan! An important friendship stands strengthened as PM enplanes from Osaka for the journey back to Delhi, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. (Photo: Twitter)

Narendra Modi leaves for India after Japan visit

During the visit, India and Japan signed 10 pacts covering a range of areas.

12 Nov 2016 5:17 PM

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