Indian bullet trains may ply on specialized railway corridors
Mint New Delhi|December 24, 2024
speed of 180kmph. "The manufacturing cost of this is around ₹28 crore per car (excluding taxes), which is highly competitive compared with other high-speed train sets and almost half the price of Japanese rolling stock that may be used for the MAHSR project," the second person said, also wishing to remain anonymous.
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MAHSR refers to the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail, India's first bullet train corridor being developed by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL). NHSRCL has also identified seven other HSR corridors.

DPRs (detailed project reports) for four of these seven HSR corridors-Delhi-Varanasi, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Nagpur-Mumbai, and Mumbai-Hyderabad-were submitted to the Railway Board in 2023-24. One DPR (for Delhi-Amritsar HSR corridor) has been submitted in July 2024.

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