Earlier, Mitsui Group from Japan made a formal presentation in a task force meeting on Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) in New Delhi on how bullet trains between Mumbai and Ahmedabad could change the lives of people and the economy of the Western region.
Bullet trains take six times less per seat energy consumption than aeroplanes, and emit 10 times less CO2 to air. Former railway board chairman V K Agarwal said that the idea of having bullet trains in India was mooted way back in 1969-70. It had earlier shelved the project in 1987 before it was revived in 2001. "Now, if we want to bring in bullet trains, we should have the latest technology.
Trains with a speed of 200 km per hour may run in the existing tracks too, provided it's equipped with latest signalling system, and level crossings are done away with. However, as we are late in introducing high speed railway systems in India, we must leap-frog to the magnetic levitation or maglev technology which allow trains to move beyond 300 km per hour," he said.
Source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com,06-04-08
