Uttarbanga Exp: উত্তরের আত্মার আত্মীয় - Avinaba Bose

Firstly the current operating speed of Rajdhanis is 130/140 kmph and 75-85 kmph is average speed. Even if the speed is increased to 200kmph through improvement in track and rake, the average speed shall practically be 120-125kmph.
500km Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project is costing 1 lac crore Rs. Quadrilateral (i.e. interconnection of 4 metros) shall involve construction of about 10000 kms of track shall cost upward of 20lac crore Rs., which leave aside Indian Railways, even the Indian Economy can not bear.
The Mum-Ahm project has become possible due to extremely...
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lucrative loan extended by Japan (JICA) to the tune of 81% at 0.1% interest rate with15 year payment moratorium, and 50 year payback period! Even this most lucrative route of IRlys will most probably find it difficult to get enough passengers, which according to a study must be above 1 lac per day! Passengers in such bulk is possible only if the fares are affordable to middle class passengers, which presently is not the case. Unless Indian Economy grow at astonishingly fast rate in coming years with benefits substantially percolating to middle class and lower class, high speed quadrilateral is a dream! Passengers in such bulk is possible only if the fares are affordable to middle class passengers, which presently are definitely not affordable.