Bullet prepare: Chennai – Bengaluru in beneath 120 minutes? Germany submits report saying bullet prepare is possible

AA bullet prepare from Chennai to Mysuru by way of Bengaluru could take simply two hours and 25 minutes as towards the present seven hours in Shatabdi (in pic), which is the quickest on this route. On Thursday, Martin Ney, German Ambassador to India handed over the ultimate feasibility report on the Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru bullet prepare to Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani.

“The important thing discovering of the examine is that the high-speed prepare on the route will not be solely possible but in addition manageable,” mentioned Ney. Lohani mentioned the report can be studied earlier than additional steps are taken over the 435-km excessive pace rail (bullet prepare) hall. The bullet prepare can attain a most pace of 320 kilometres per hour.

An official mentioned out of 435 km, about 84 per cent of the observe could be elevated whereas 11 per cent can be in a tunnel, whereas the remaining can be on grade.

Welcoming the proposal, Bhaskar Y, a techie mentioned, “This could do wonders as hundreds of individuals journey between the three cities. Whereas the site visitors on Bengaluru-Mysuru stretch is ever-increasing, the prepare journey time between Bengaluru and Chennai is anyplace between 5 and 7 hours, forcing many individuals to fly.”

Extra Metro trains to have six coaches

N M Dhoke, director of Rolling inventory, Signalling and Electrical, BMRCL mentioned, “We’re planning to introduce two six-car prepare units from December onwards, initially on East-West hall and later North-South hall. ‘

In response to the press info bureau (PIB), the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Rail Hall is the one sanctioned Excessive-Pace Rail Venture within the nation as of now and applied with technical and monetary help of Authorities of Japan.

Varieties of ultra-high-speed applied sciences

Quadlev: That is ‘attraction’ based mostly Maglev expertise, cheaper in comparison with Maglev.

Hyper Loop: This includes pressurised capsules travelling in a decreased strain tube. Maglev: Quick for magnetic levitation, this makes use of two units of magnets, one to repel the prepare and assist it levitate above tracks and one other to propel it.

Supply: PIB

Mumbai-Ahmedabad
vs
Chennai-B’luru-Mysuru

• The estimated value of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad undertaking has been pegged at `1,08,000 crore. The federal government of Japan has agreed to offer a smooth mortgage of 81 per cent of whole undertaking value with 0.1% charge of curiosity every year.
• The size of the hall is 508 km
• Versus this, the Railway Ministry officers say the estimated value can be round about `1 lakh crore (about $16 billion) Bengaluru-Mysuru-Chennai route.
• The route stretches to 435 km