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02-21-2017, 02:49 PM
India is getting an undersea bullet train
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Drills for India's first bullet train has begun, according to reports (http://eco**mictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/ride-under-the-sea-drilling-the-7-km-route-of-undersea-bullet-train-project-at-full-swing/articleshow/57232725.cms). Construction of the 7-kilometres (about 4.3 miles) undersea rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmadabad in western India is slated to begin in 2018.
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The drilling will help ascertain soil conditions under water. "Soil and rocks below the 70-meter-deep see are being tested as part of the geo-technical and geo-physical investigation undertaken for the entire project," a senior Railway Ministry official reportedly said.*
Estimated to cost about Rs 97.6 billion ($14.5 billion), 80% of the project's funding (http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/japan-to-fund-80-of-indias-first-bullet-train-says-minister-ma**j-sinha-1253861) will come by way of a loan from Japan that operates the Shinkansen bullet train (http://www.railway-tech**logy.com/projects/shinkansen-bullet-train-high-speed-japan/) between Tokyo and Osaka. India will replicate that system. The project cost includes possible cost escalation, interest during construction and import duties.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/02/21/india-first-undersea-bullet-train-drills/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Drills for India's first bullet train has begun, according to reports (http://eco**mictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/ride-under-the-sea-drilling-the-7-km-route-of-undersea-bullet-train-project-at-full-swing/articleshow/57232725.cms). Construction of the 7-kilometres (about 4.3 miles) undersea rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmadabad in western India is slated to begin in 2018.
SEE ALSO: How India's 163-year-old railways is using tech**logy to modernise itself (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/india-railways-2016-budget-tech**logy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The drilling will help ascertain soil conditions under water. "Soil and rocks below the 70-meter-deep see are being tested as part of the geo-technical and geo-physical investigation undertaken for the entire project," a senior Railway Ministry official reportedly said.*
Estimated to cost about Rs 97.6 billion ($14.5 billion), 80% of the project's funding (http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/japan-to-fund-80-of-indias-first-bullet-train-says-minister-ma**j-sinha-1253861) will come by way of a loan from Japan that operates the Shinkansen bullet train (http://www.railway-tech**logy.com/projects/shinkansen-bullet-train-high-speed-japan/) between Tokyo and Osaka. India will replicate that system. The project cost includes possible cost escalation, interest during construction and import duties.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/02/21/india-first-undersea-bullet-train-drills/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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