New Delhi: The Union government on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to modernise and speed up the railways.
President Pranab Mukherjee, in his address to the joint session of both the Houses of the Parliament, listed the Golden Quadrilateral project to link four Metro with high-speed trains as the top priority of the government.
“Modernisation and revamping of railways is on top of the infrastructure agenda of my government, which includes a Diamond Quadrilateral project of high-speed trains,” Mr Mukherjee said in his address. The railways, under the new government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is pushing the bullet train project.
The feasibility study of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train service is being undertaken jointly by India and Japan.
The railways is also planning to go ahead with the New Delhi-Patna bullet train project, while five more such proposals are under consideration.
Howrah-Haldia and Hyderabad-Chennai bullet train service are also under consideration.
The railways is also actively considering the proposal to raise the speed of trains on existing tracks.
