(a) whether the Railways have conducted any feasibility study on 533 km. long Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad section for introduction of bullet train;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of such studies to be conducted for other parts of the country?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) & (b): A Consultant has been engaged for pre-feasibility study for High
Speed Rail Corridor between Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad. The study is going on and the
Consultant has not yet submitted the final report.
(c): The other corridors selected for prefeasibility studies are:
(i) Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar
(ii) Hyderabad-Dornakal-Vijaywada-Chennai
(iii) Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam
(iv) Howrah-Haldia
(v) Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna