(a) the present status of the corridors selected for prefeasibility study to introduce
the high speed passenger trains in the country, corridor-wise;
(b) whether some domestic / foreign companies have submitted their proposals for
materialising this plan;
(c) if so, the details and the present status of the said proposals; and
(d) the steps taken by the Railways to expedite the work on the said projects?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA )
(a)to(d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO.2408 BY S/SHRI NIKHAL KUMAR CHOUDHARY, BALIRAM JADHAV, RAMSINH RATHWA
AND SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 08.12.2011
REGARDING HIGH SPEED TRAINS
(a)&(b) The Ministry of Railways has selected six corridors for conducting
prefeasibility studies. Bids for all cases have been invited and many domestic
as well as foreign firms have participated in them. These corridors are;
(i) Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar (450 km approx.)
(ii) Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad (650 km approx.)
(iii) Hyderabad-Dornakal-Vijaywada-Chennai (664 km approx.)
(iv) Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram (850 km approx.)
(v) Howrah-Haldia (135 km approx.)
(vi) Delhi –Agra-Lucknow –Varanasi – Patna (991 km approx. )
(c) Out of six corridors, consultants for four have been selected and studies are at
various stages of progress.
(d): Ministry of Railways has also decided to set up of a National High Speed Rail
Authority (NHSRA) for planning, standard setting, implementing & monitoring of High
Speed Rail projects.