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   Feasibility study for high-speed trains is to report in a matter of
   months but it could be decades before network is up and running

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   India hopes to follow in the footsteps of China, which has invested
   heavily in a new network of high-speed trains (pictured)

   [ ] India hopes to follow in the footsteps of China, which has invested
   heavily in a new network of high-speed trains (pictured) Photograph:
   Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images

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   also be used, officials have said.

   “High-speed trains should be the dream of a developed India but each
   country has its characteristics. We have to make up our slowness and
   delay and this is a very uphill task,” said Khare.
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   Eventually, it is hoped, a new national network of upgraded and
   additional high-speed track – dubbed the diamond quadrilateral – will
   be in service.