Lok Sabha Question No. 4271 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: High Speed Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4271 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

## HIGH SPEED TRAINS

4271.    SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  initiated  the  process  of  launching  semihigh speed/high speed trains in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the funds earmarked therefor;
- (c) whether any routes have been identified for the purpose and if so, the details thereof, State-wise  especially in the Saurashtra  region  of Gujarat; and
- (d)  the  steps  being  taken  to  upgrade  infrastructure  and  ensure  safety  of such trains?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4271 BY SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.03.2018 REGARDING HIGH SPEED TRAINS

(a): Yes, Madam.

(b)&(c):  Mumbai-Ahmedabad  high  speed  corridor  (508  km) has  been sanctioned  with  technical  and  financial  assistance  of  Government  of Japan.  81%  of  the  project's  estimated  cost  of ` 1,08,000  Crore  is  to  be funded by Government of Japan through a soft loan at 0.1% interest with 50 year  repayment  period  and  15  year  moratorium.  The  project  covers  the State  of  Gujarat  and  Maharashtra  and  also  Union  Territory  of  Dadra  and Nagar Haveli.

## Nine routes identified for semi high speed trains are as under :

|   S.N | Corridor                  | States                                         |
|-------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Delhi - Agra              | Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh                  |
|     2 | Delhi-Chandigarh          | Delhi, Haryana, Punjab                         |
|     3 | Chennai-Bengaluru- Mysore | Tamil Nadu, Karnataka                          |
|     4 | Delhi-Kanpur              | Delhi, Uttar Pradesh                           |
|     5 | Nagpur-Bilaspur           | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh       |
|     6 | Mumbai-Goa                | Maharashtra, Goa                               |
|     7 | Mumbai- Ahmedabad         | Maharashtra, Gujarat (Saurashtra region - Nil) |
|     8 | Chennai- Hyderabad        | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana          |
|     9 | Nagpur - Secunderabad     | Maharashtra, Telangana                         |

Besides,  projects  for  speed  raising  of  Delhi-Mumbai  including Ahmadabad-Vadodara and Delhi-Howrah including Kanpur-Lucknow routes have been included in the Budget for 2017-18 with token fund allocation of ` 1 lakh each. The approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for both the projects is underway.

Details  of  these  two  routes  and  States  they  pass  through  are tabulated below :

|   S.N | Corridor           | States                                                                                                      |
|-------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | New Delhi-Mumbai   | Maharashtra, Gujarat (Saurashtra region - Nil), Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi |
|     2 | New Delhi - Howrah | Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal                                                      |

(d): The scope  of work  in two semi high speed projects includes strengthening  of  track  structure,  removal  of  all  level  crossings,  through fencing, Train Protection Warning System (TPWS), Mobile Radio Communication  System,  augmentation  of  power  supply,  automated  and instrumented diagnostics for rolling stock etc.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad  high  speed  corridor  is  based  on  Shinkansen technology  of  Japan  which  has  a  very  good  safety  system.  Such  safety systems are an integral part of the project.

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