Delhi-Patna bullet train: Pre-feasibility study to start

Union minister of railways Lalu Prasad announced that a pre-feasibility study to run bullet train between Delhi and Patna will start soon.

Presenting the Interim Railway Budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha on Friday, the minister said this is in addition to the bullet train proposals between Delhi-Amritsar, Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Pune, Hyderabad-Vijayawada-Chennai, Chennai-Bangalore-Ernakulam and Howrah-Haldia which were announced in 2007-08 Railway Budget.

The action for examining feasibility study is already on for these routes.

Source: PIB

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