Speed rail can be linked to national bullet train network, says DMRC officer

KOCHI: The ‘speed rail’ proposed by ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan as an alternative to the SilverLine project can be connected to the national high-speed rail network, making the project more feasible in the long run.

“Sreedharan’s proposal is to adopt standard gauge for the speed rail, and the technology would be the same as that of the under-construction Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail line. Further, a preliminary feasibility report has been prepared for the Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore-Coimbatore high-speed bullet train project. The proposed Kerala ‘speed train’ standard gauge can be connected to that network, provided the technology is the same,” said a senior DMRC officer, who wished not to be named.