High speed / Semi-High speed rail projects of Indian Railways

[_Anonymous_]

The map is going to get really busy with 75 VB trains targetted to be commissioned in next yr or so. Eventually 400 VB are planned in next few yrs. And the number will continue to balloon. https://t.co/nKRcFTRE9n

— वैमानिकी (@vaimaniki) April 14, 2023

The Vande Bharat Narrative Must Change!

Narendra Modi Indian Railways Trains Train-sets Vande Bharat Train 18 TMH-RVNL Alsthom Medha stadler Siemens BEML BHEL hope transportation passengers

anindecisiveindian.blogspot.com

 

[RISING SUN]

Indian Railways is developing a dedicated high-speed test track for testing trains at speeds up to 220 kilometres per hour. The 59 km long dedicated broad gauge track is being constructed between Gudha-Thathana Mithri in Jodhpur Division in Rajasthan https://t.co/O7WwzGPSCx

— Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 (@YusufDFI) April 15, 2023

 

[_Anonymous_]

Designed For 180 Kmph, Vande Bharat Trains Running At Average Speed Of 83 Kmph: RTI Reply

Vande Bharat Express, which is India's first semi-high speed train has been running at an average speed of much lower than 100 kilometre per hour (kmph)

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[Ashwin]

Tariffs set at IDR250K ($17) or ~12 cents/km. Chinese HSR priced at ~5 cents/km

~3x lower income levels in Indo suggest that this will start off as a fairly high-end travel option

500-km travel is 14% of monthly per capita GDP https://t.co/el5RZsXYFU

— Glenn (@GlennLuk) May 4, 2023

 

[RISING SUN]

Bullet Train Rails of 6,300 MT, 105 km In Length From Japan reached Hazira Port under track contracts for an length of 352 km an entire part of gujarat portion, have been awarded to Ircon and L&T in 2022 [total lenght of line- 508KM] pic.twitter.com/xpHqWOhpVg

— Uday🙂 (@uday73860127) May 17, 2023

 

[RISING SUN]

NCRTC Achieves Another Tunnel Breakthrough On Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RAPIDX Corridor https://t.co/Ch6yYJGbDN

— India Infra Hub (@IndiaInfraHub) May 11, 2023

 

[RISING SUN]

India's first undersea rail tunnel, one of the most challenging contracts of the #Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail signed today #BulletTrain #IndiaHSR pic.twitter.com/3CLnYRXSJ4

— Rajendra B. Aklekar (@rajtoday) June 8, 2023

 

[RISING SUN]

We are happy to share that Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS), Government of India, has approved the operation of #RAPIDX service on the Priority Section of Delhi-Meerut corridor. @ADB_HQ @NDB_int @AIIB_Official @WorldBank @ut_MoHUA #GatiShakti #NewIndia #MakeInIndia pic.twitter.com/aJ0RReYxFA

— National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd. (@officialncrtc) June 27, 2023

With these approvals, Priority Section of #RRTS has become first railway system in the country which is being opened for operations in its entire length at maximum operational speed of 160 kmph. pic.twitter.com/g2UKQ2glRL

— National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd. (@officialncrtc) June 27, 2023

O&M teams of NCRTC, i.e. NETRA, DB and @Alstom are fully geared up to start the operations. We express our sincere gratitude to all our stakeholders for supporting the project. @DB_Bahn

— National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd. (@officialncrtc) June 27, 2023

 

[RISING SUN]

TMH-RVNL firm up deal, end uncertainty around Rs 35,000 cr project

The first Vande Bharat train, AC sleeper edition to roll out in March-April 2024

New SPV to manufacture 120 Vande Bharat-electric passenger sleeper-trainsets, run maintenance for 35 yearshttps://t.co/FAtdWKKAgZ

— Swarajya (@SwarajyaMag) August 3, 2023

 

[Ashwin]

RRTS

 

[Ashwin]

‘Telangana Rapid Transit’ aims for 60-minute connectivity from Hyderabad to major cities​

Conceptualised by BRS govt, major towns in State will be just 1 hour away from Hyderabad.

 

[RISING SUN]

Japan's JICA signs a Rs 22,627 crore loan agreement with India for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail, marking JICA's largest single-project loan globally.https://t.co/ss4eWUJHrh

— Swarajya (@SwarajyaMag) December 25, 2023

 

[Ashwin]

#BulletTrainProject
Land acquisition -100%
Pier Casting - 268.5 Km
Girder Launching -120.4 Km pic.twitter.com/jiVwiDegrv

— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) January 8, 2024

Some good news

 

[Gautam]

Just looking like a wow!

First look of the much awaited Meerut Metro train set revealed.

Manufactured by Alstom, first train set was handed over to NCRTC today.

Meerut will be the 7th city in UP to have metro ~ by 2024 end. pic.twitter.com/XBDgsSX9BE

— The Uttar Pradesh Index (@theupindex) February 16, 2024

 

[Gautam]

New design of Vande Bharat Sleeper train from BEML

📸- @NewsStationTV pic.twitter.com/TQ8mEt8Mla

— Frontliner (@FrontlinerUV) March 9, 2024

 

[Asterion Moloc]

India's High Speed rail involves research, tech transfer & will be a benchmark for future corridors​

Bullet Train | Progress video - March 2024 | MAHSR | NHSRCL​

NHSRCL | Bullet Train | Track System​

 

[Asterion Moloc]

Bullet Train India Progress Video (May 2024)​

 

[Ashwin]

There is significant progress in planning Bangalore Mysore HSR project.

 

[Ironhide]

^ This is very early stage, even DPR is not prepared till now. Will take 5 years just to sanction from this stage. Anyway now the central government is in Socialism track to stop losing voters, bullet trains will not be a priority.

 

[Gautam]

Vande Bharat Sleeper coaches made by Bengaluru’s Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) @BEMLltd pic.twitter.com/KNlZrEF6T1

— Rajendra B. Aklekar (@rajtoday) September 1, 2024