India's first high-speed railway line

12 July NDK News

India's government says the country's first high-speed railway line will be built between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in western India.It plans to construct 7 high-speed railway lines between the nation's major cities.

Railway Minister DV Sadananda Gowda told Parliament on Tuesday that the development of the high-speed railway line system is a dream that all Indian people share.

He said that the 500-kilometer long Mumbai-Ahmedabad route will be the first to be built. Japan wants to sell its Shinkansen bullet train technology to India.The two nations have been conducting a joint feasibility study on routes and demand estimates since last December.France also has its eye on the project. It's conducting its own feasibility study.

Analysts say competition for the project will intensify between the nations.