Prakash: - So, what, if Mamata Banerjee is inaugurating 6 new trains from Howrah station on 30th December 2009. Boss, in a country like India, these Duranto and super fast trains will be of no use, in this Jet-age.
Ravi: - Yeah, I agree with you. After the virtual death of Air Deccan, which was killed by Vijay Mallya, the middle class people have totally started ignoring the flights. They depend on Indian railways for their journeys from one city to another. Now, to go from one city to another, if it takes around 12 to 16 hours, then I must say that Indian railways have not prospered so much in terms of its speed and rail-road infrastructure improvement efficiencies.
Arindam: - Not only have that, anyone can block the trains at any time. There is no tight security at all. Every day, you will read in the newspapers that Naxalites or Maoists have blown up train lines or have attacked some bogies of a train.
Shreya: - The biggest question is that are we really utilizing the Railways to connect all the parts of India. The answer is no. Look at China; they are even planning to build a rail-road which will directly link Kathmandu with Tibet. Also, they are planning to create a rail-road, which will connect all the major cities of China and will be extended till Myanmar.
Gauri: - China always has a tendency to spread their spider-web, so that they can conquer Indian Territory. But, I don’t think that China has also progressed in its Railways infrastructures.
Ravi: - Boss, Indian Railways is the oldest of all rail connections in Asia. China started late, but, now, China has the largest rail-road network in the world. So, you can imagine how rapidly they have capitalized on their rail tracks.
Prakash: - In terms of speed also, they have defeated Japan. Japan has bullet trains that run through its four islands and it covers the entire distance in around 5.5 hours or so. The speed of their trains ranges between 328 to 334 Km per hour, whereas, the recent bullet trains of China are having speeds within the range 385 to 392 Km per hour.
Shreya: - Those are bullet trains and runs on magnetic fields. Now, India has so much population that if you implement those trains, then there will be accidents and you don’t know, how many people will die every day.
Ravi: - China has the largest population and if they can implement that, then why not India?
Prakash: - Hang on, I think that Shreya is having a misconception that those bullet trains run on ground level only. No, let me tell you that the tracks of bullet trains are constructed 1 Km above sea level and it runs there only. Only platforms of main cities are at the ground level. Their tracks are like the flyovers over flyovers.
Arindam: - We can also start implementing bullet trains in India. For example, say, the speed of the trains will be around 300-320 Km per hour and a circular rail road for bullet trains will be constructed, which will link four Metro cities of Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi. There will be two rail tracks. On one track, a bullet train will run in clockwise direction (Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai-Mumbai) and in another track, the other bullet train will run in anti-clockwise direction (Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata). The distance between each adjacent metro cities are around 1900 Km. So, it will take around 6 hours to cover up that distance at a speed of 300-320 Km/hour.
Gauri: - Hmm…6*4=24 hours. That means, a bullet train will take around 1 day to complete a round of 4 Metro cities. For example, if two bullet trains have started its journey from Delhi at 12 AM, then one train will reach Kolkata at 6 AM and the other one at Mumbai at the same time. Then, again at 12 PM, both the trains will enter Chennai. At 6 PM, the first train will reach Mumbai and the second train will reach Kolkata. Ultimately at 11.30 PM, both trains will reach Delhi. After reaching each Metro city, driver of the trains will get changed.
Arindam: - Very soon, the “CIRCULAR-BULLET RAIL ROAD OF INDIA” will become a reality for the entire world.
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