Indian Railways has agreed with German officials for Germany to undertake a feasibility study for running high speed trains on the southern corridor.
“It was decided at a meeting today with the high level German delegation that Germany will conduct a feasibility study on the Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore section for running high speed trains. Germany will also bear the expenditure for the study,” said a senior Railway Ministry official. The German delegation was led by State Secretary of Germany’s Transport and Digital Infrastructure Ministry Michel Odenwald.
The Indian Railway officials also discussed with the German team about raising the speed on one of the existing lines to 200 km/hour. They also asked Germany to undertake a study for the renovation/redevelopment of a rail station.
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