With every kilometre of High-Speed Rail providing about five times the capacity of conventional rail, the development of HSR on the Golden Quadrilateral and its diagonals, in all about 10,000 km, may boost the capacity of rail transport significantly, a study has claimed. The study carried out by rail expert Ramakrishnan TS for think tank Infravision Foundation has advocated four HSR corridors in addition to the ongoing Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project.
India is building its first HSR corridor at 508 km between Ahmedabad and Mumbai with technical and financial help from Japan. No deadline for the project has been announced yet.
According to Ramakrishnan, the HSR is the only solution for Indian Railways given declining passenger…
