印度铁路悄悄成立了一家名为HSRC Ltd in July公司，并在上面运行它的梦想项目：高速铁路。

After policy flip-flops over decades, here is a concrete sign of India getting its first bullet train. The Indian Railways quietly formed a company called HSRC Ltd in July last to run its dream project, high-speed rail.

印度在没有主见的政策下运行了几十年后,有一个具体的迹象说明这发生了改变，印度首批动车出现。印度铁路悄悄成立了一家名为HSRC Ltd in July公司,并在上面运行它的梦想项目:高速铁路。

And if the buzz in Rail Bhawan is anything to go by, minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has more to announce on the subject when he reads his first Rail Budget next month. Even before Indian policymakers made any formal announcement on this big-ticket project, Japan's ambassador to India Takeshi Yagi recently said in Gujarat that India's first high-speed rail would run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

如果说这个项目是个值得一提的项目的话，那么部长Pawan Kumar Bansal先生在下个月的铁路预算方案上会披露出更多的消息的。甚至在印度政策制定者将这一大票项目进行任何正式的宣布前，日本驻印度大使Takeshi Yagi 日前在Gujarat说印度的第一条高速铁路将会在艾哈迈达巴德和孟买之间运行。

This means a lot for business travellers shuttling between two financial hubs in western India, as rail travel would then be reduced to two hours from the existing eight. For India Inc, there is something more to cheer about. With Rail Bhawan desperately seeking Rs 20,000-crore support from potential private investors, it could well be a public private partnership project.

这对于穿行于两地的商务旅客来说意味着很多东西，如铁路旅行将从现有的八减少到两个小时。印度公司会更加的高兴。由于该高铁项目正在寻求20000千万卢比的潜在私人赞助，这说明这铁路很可能是一个公私合作项目。

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But that's where the challenges begin. Finding resources from private parties amid the current market mood is an uphill task. And in the run-up to the general elections, the government of the day can't be seen to have snatched social sector funds to achieve financial closure of a mammoth project that could cost over Rs 50,000 crore.
ET Magazine tracks the Indian rail's policy uncertainties, and how late-entrant China is emerging the new poster boy of global high-speed rail.

但这里的挑战也随之开始。在目前的市场前景下，要想找到潜在投资者是一个很困难的事情。大选即将到来，目前的政府不太可能动用社会部门的资金来填补这项大工程的资金短缺，这个工程的总花费将达到50000千万卢比。。
ET杂志追踪印度铁路的政策的不确定性,而且后来的参与者-中国才是新兴的全球高速铁路的闪耀的新闻人物。

On a slow policy track

在缓慢的政策追踪下

On March 10, 2006, Lalu Prasad's deputy and MoS for Railways R Velu informed Rajya Sabha that there was "no plan" for running high-speed trains in India. He proudly announced that Indian Railways had already "introduced a passenger train running at a speed of 150 km per hour" on the Delhi-Agra section.

2006年3月10日，Lalu Prasad的副手兼铁路部门的负责人 R Velu 向印度上议院报告说目前还没有计划把高铁引进印度。他骄傲的声称，在德里和阿格拉之间的已经有一条客运列车以150千米每小时的速度在运行了。

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But...
The government quickly changed its mind. Lalu Prasad's budget speech in 2007-08 surprised many when he announced that the Ministry of Railways would conduct pre-feasibility studies for high-speed trains that would run at 300-350 km per hour. Railways approached 12 state governments asking them to participate in pre-feasibility studies. Nine gave "in-principle" nod. These were: Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

然而...
政府很快就改变了主意。拉鲁·普拉萨德在2007-08年度的财政预算案的发言令很多人震惊，他宣布铁道部将对300-350公里时速的高速列车进行可行性研究，并要求12个邦共同参与。其中9个邦已在“原则上”点了头，分别是安得拉邦，马哈拉施特拉邦，古吉拉特邦，哈里亚纳邦，旁遮普邦，喀拉拉邦，卡纳塔克邦，泰米尔纳德邦和西孟加拉邦。

Then...
Railways' Vision 2020 document, presented to Parliament in 2009 gave a thumbs-up to high-speed dream machines but widened the speed range to 250-350 km per hour. In other words, Indian high-speed trains would be relatively slow at 250 km per hour.

2009年向议会提交的《2020年铁路远景规划书》对高速铁路梦竖起了大拇指，但同时又将速度范围扩大为每小时250-350公里。换句话说，就算梦想成真，印度高速列车的实际速度很可能只有250公里。

Shinkansen Vs Rajdhani
How Indian Railways had a good start but preferred to remained slow over years:

新干线VS 首都特快
印度铁路有一个良好的开端，但却后继无力：

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1964 - Japan hogged the limelight by introducing the first bullet train in the world. The speed at 240 km per hour is not extra-ordinary by today's standard.
1969 - India too caught up with the trend and introduced fast rail travel experience by deploying the nation's first Rajdhani Express. The speed at 130 km per hour was commendable in those days.
But...
The world moved on, and Indian Railways remained a slow moving transport system. Only in 2005-06, Shatabdi Express, the fastest of Indian trains experienced a maximum speed of 150 km per hour in Delhi-Agra segment. But, the speed was later reduced to about 130 km per hour because of what railways called "technical reasons".

1964年，日本隆重推出子弹头列车然后成为万众瞩目的中心。虽然按照现在的标准来看240km/h的速度并不算什么。
1969年，印度也赶上了时代的潮流，通过部署国家的第一辆“首都特快”开始引进了高速列车体验。
(Rajdhani Express）。高达130km/h的时速享誉一时。
然而……
时代在前进，而印度的铁道部依旧保留着极其缓慢的运输系统，只有在2005年-2006年间，最快的印度列车Shatabdi Express（印度特快列车的一种）在德里--阿格拉段上体验了一把最高速150km/h，因为铁路上所谓的”技术因素“，速度又降回了130km/h。

以下是评论

Nsathasivan Nsathasivan (chennai)
Even travelling in the ordinary train amidst pests and cockroaches is a nightmare in India

每次坐普通列车旅行总被“害虫们”和“蟑螂们”包围着，在印度（坐火车）就是个噩梦。

Axman (NY)
Bullet train news is a periodic joke.I have been hearing this since ten years.

子弹头列车就是个周期性笑话，我十年前就听过了

samik (india)
Not expecting in my generation lifetime atleast.

我这辈子有生之年就不指望（看到印度高铁）了

bunts (mumbai)
DREAM OF EVERY NORMAL INDIAN--BUT WHEN 3 OR 4 GENERATIONS MORE-OUR POLICIES AND INDIAN DREAMS MOVE AT THE SAME SPACE

每一个普通印度人的梦想啊-可至少得3,4代人或者更久，我们的政策和印度之梦才能运行在同一个位面里

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V for vendetta (Heaven)
The crucial cog in this bullet train dream is not money ,but the recklessness with which ordinary Indian will try to cross the unmanned check points of the bullet train lanes . Imagine you traveling at the speed of 300km/hr in a bullet train only to see our Indian brothers ended up having a vehicle or bullock cart stuck in between the lanes . Discipline & professionalism is a rarity in India . Forget Bullet train for another 3 generations .

对于印度人想拥有子弹头列车的梦想，最关键的难以普及的原因不是钱，而是普通印度民众的鲁莽无知。这种愚昧无知，会让很多普通印度人穿越无人看守的子弹头列车轨道。想象一下你坐在时速300千米的子弹头列车里旅行，结果看到我们的印度兄弟驾驶着一辆小汽车或者一趟牛车被卡在火车轨道中间。印度很缺乏纪律性和职业水准。3代人之内不要谈什么子弹头列车啦。

Vinay (XX)
want to see my Country in good position. launch it asap

想看到我的国家在好的状态上。尽快启动这个项目。

abhishek sharma (sre)
dreams are dreams for indian railways

对印度铁路来说，梦终究是梦。

Vinay (XX)
want to see my Country in good position. launch it asap

想看到我的国家在好的状态上。尽快启动好这个项目。

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abhishek sharma (sre)
dreams are dreams for indian railways
abhishek sharma (sre)

对印度铁路来说，梦终究是梦.

robert (new york)
get all the money from these dirty piliticians swiss bank accoun t, the project will start working its own, no question of FUND shortage.

将瑞士银行账户里所有腐败政客存的钱都取出来，这个工程将自动开始工作，不用担心资金短缺的问题。

Krishnamurthy Yayavaram (Chennai)
Bullet Trrains speeding through will be a great boon to the people in India!! Travelling time will be drastically reduced & journey will be more comfortable for many!! The trains will fly past at 250-300 Km/hr this is a welcome sign for the future!!!

高速行驶的子弹头列车将会是对印度人民的大恩惠！！旅途时间将会大大的缩短、对大多数人来说旅行将更加舒适！时速250-300千米飞驰的火车是对未来的可喜的标志。

Niraj Rana (India)
Hopefully come out to be reality in near future.

但愿这在不久的将来能够成为现实。

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Nan Ksn (pune)
As per the report, the high speed train project has started gaining ' steam' and by the time it is on the track, it will be a couple of decades more..!! Like China built the Beijing Shanghai high speed line in 34 months ( 1300 kms line), can we expect the train to run at least in 100 months from now please..??

就像报道中说的，高铁计划已经开始变得越来越火，也许再过个几十年我们开能看到它开始运行吧。就像中国修建京沪高铁（1300公里）花费了34个月一样。也许我们可以期盼它能在100个月以后运行吧。呵呵.....

Rajan (Bangalore)
A train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Very good. Make Mr. Modi the honorary Chairman of this project. You will get to see the train running in the near Future

一条连接Ahmedabad和Mumbai的铁路，太棒了。让Modi先生成为这个计划的名誉主席把。然后我们就能在不远的将来看到高铁的运行了。

Vishwa (Jodhpur / Pune)
What is happening to passenger's dream of clean and efficient trains running in time with least security mishaps. Railways should draw a road map for this also.

最重要的是让旅客们有一个整洁、高效、安全的乘车环境，铁路部门应该好好解决一下这些问题。

VP VENKATRAMAN (India)
Railways should improve the present service and then only think of introducing new services such as this.

铁路部门应该改善现有的服务而不是去想着要引进像高铁什么的

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Shekhar (mumbai)
You mean bullock cart train ,,, or watever,, we sud first wud love to see the railways run the existing network efficiently

你的意思是“用牛车做成的火车”，，，还是其他的什么东西，无论如何，我们都期望铁路部门能够先把现有的铁路运营做好。

Sanjay (Pune)
Hope they will be secure. Currently AI is listed as third last airlines in the world. Don't want Indian railway to go in such list.

希望它们是安全的。现在AI航空名列世界倒数第三。真不希望印度铁路也上这个榜。

Srinivas (Hyderabad)
Instead of we investing, let Shinkansen, TGV, the German Company, the Spanish Company etc invest in different routes like Chennai to New Delhi, Hyderabad to Kolkota, Trivandrum to Bangalore, Bangalore to North East and New Delhi etc. And give it to them on BOT basis.

让日本新干线，法国TGV，德国公司，西班牙公司什么的来投资不同路线比如钦奈到新德里，海得拉巴到加尔各答，特里凡得琅到班加罗尔，班加罗尔到东北邦和新德里等等，来代替我们进行投资。我们在BOT合同基础上把投资让给他们。

bds (bengaluru)
We do not deserve it; and will niot do it for 50 years we have no engineering to do that; we will not tie up with an engineering giant odf the field, we will not call him to invest , study and plan and execute; we will go on making an announcement every time some other country achieves a milestone in their plans. and the pirivate sector will ot touch any such difficult stuff wht with their managemnt pundits frightening them inbto easy buy sell programs

我们现在还没有资格来拥有高铁；在50年内我们都无法建成，因为我们没有相关的技术；我们将不会和该领域的技术巨头有半点联系，我们也无法要求这些技术巨头来投资、研究、计划和执行高铁建设；我们将继续在别国取得重大成就时发表一些口头声明。而私有部门也不会动用自己的力量来碰触这种硬骨头，因为他们害怕自己会得不偿失。

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Daljit (Adelaide, South Australia)
When present Rail System is giving enough problems which cannot be handled by the Railway Engineers--it will be a dream project with a state of Art technology and latest Workshops maintained by the highly qualified Scientists, from the scratch.

铁路工程师们连现有铁路系统的问题都束手无策。只有拥有先进技术和由高水平科学家运营的工厂的国家才能实现这种梦幻工程，咱们还是从头开始一步步来吧。

myalmightygod (India)
Good initiative, hope something good will happen.

这是个好的开端，希望能有些好事情发生。

Mustafa M (Pune)
I would like to know the passenger load factor that this project can move in a day. 2.5L Cr is not a small amount. Assuming 4 tracks, and a train every hour, it means daily 96 trains. Assuming only reserved seating and 6 racks per train it roughly means 500 passengers per train. So even at full load it would be 48000 passengers moved in a day, both ways. Now take just 10% interest of 2.5L Cr, and this is conservative not including cost escalations, it means 14,000 per passenger moved. Can't see the logic in this project unless I have missed something. Might be better to improve the air connectivity to bring down the flight costs and increase capacity. And improve the existing rail infrastructure as well.

我想知道这个项目完成的时候能提供多大的载客量。2.5L Cr不是个小数字。假定这条铁路是双线，每小时每线通行一辆火车，这意味着每天通行96辆火车。假定只有预定座位，每辆火车有6节车厢，也就是说每辆火车能载客500人。所以即便在满载的情况下这条双线铁路每天也就能运送4.8万名旅客。这只是现在2.5L Cr的10%，这还是没有考虑成本上涨的保守估计，运送一名旅客要花费1.4万。除非是我忽略了什么，否则真看不出这个项目的逻辑所在。或许能改善民航状况，降低机票价格并提升载客能力。也可能可以改善现有铁路的基础设施。

让印度飞。。。

【龙腾】印度铁路终于实现了自己的梦想:高铁