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High Speed Rail Corporation may appoint a Japanese or French bullet train
expert as its chief

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   Indian Railways’ high speed rail project is likely to have a foreign
   boss.

   More than six months after the formation of the High Speed Rail
   Corporation Limited (HSRC), the railways is still hunting for its
   chief.
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   The Centre had formed the HSRC for the development and implementation
   of high speed rail projects.

   These include country’s first bullet train project between Mumbai and
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   The special purpose vehicle will also oversee and execute the diamond
   quadrilateral high speed projects in India.

   Since high speed train is a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra
   Modi, railway ministry cannot afford any delay in the High Speed Rail
   Corporation Limited project.

   “India does not have a single high speed rail corridor capable of
   running trains at speeds of over 250 kmph. We are expecting
   applications from qualified people from India and abroad to head the
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   Notably, the bullet train will be developed by Japan while feasibility
   studies are being conducted on other high speed corridors by Spain,
   China and France.

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   The other high speed corridors being executed by HSRC include Delhi -
   Mumbai, Mumbai - Chennai and Delhi, Kolkata.

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   corridors using conventional technology to 160 to 200 kmph.

   The second approach would be to build state-of-the-art high speed
   corridors up to 350 kmph through the PPP mode.
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High Speed Rail Corporation may appoint a Japanese or French bullet train
expert as its chief