INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD INDIA Research and Publications Dedicated High Speed Rail Network in India: Issues in Development G Raghuram Prashanth D Udayakumar W.P. No. 2016-03-58 March 2016 The main objective of the working paper series of the IIMA is to help faculty members, research staff and doctoral students to speedily share their research findings with professional colleagues and test their research findings at the pre-publication stage. IIMA is committed to maintain academic freedom. The opinion(s), view(s) and conclusion(s) expressed in the working paper are those of the authors and not that of IIMA. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD-380 015 INDIA IIMA INDIA Research and Publications Dedicated High Speed Rail Network in India: Issues in Development G Raghuram Professor, Public Systems Group Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Email:
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[email protected] Abstract: India and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a high speed rail (HSR) network costing INR 976.36 billion, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. As of now, the top speed in India is 150 kmph, and that too for a few special trains in limited segments of their run. The Ministry of Railways first proposed HSR in 2007- 08 and have conducted pre-feasibility studies on various routes in the country. While documenting the progress of proposed HSR routes for India, the paper also draws lessons from international HSR experience in Europe and Asia. For the development of HSR network in India, there are a variety of issues.