Bullet Trains
India's bullet train project: Will Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's 'nobody will fly' remark turn out to be true?
One of the important factors in flying has been saving time, which will not only be matched but also bettered by the bullet train project. However, the challenge would be the location of the station and the connectivity to work areas.
3 min read12 May 2026Japan is overrun with tourists. This city wants more.
Nagoya is Japan’s fourth-largest city, but a lot of people think it’s number one in dullness.
5 min read4 Nov 2025What happened to the romance of train travel?
Indian Railways continues to serve millions of passengers every day, but with handheld devices as our closest companions, taking a train is no longer what it used to be
6 min read26 Sep 2025Hold tight, a global metro railway boom has only just begun
While rich-country underground rail networks are creaky and old, developing countries have zipped ahead. The world added almost as much track for urban metro services within a decade as in the previous 150 years—expanding from 10,922km in 2013 to 20,453km in 2023.
4 min read25 May 2025Vande Bharat’s appeal goes well beyond speed
This train service is not all that fast and surely no match for Chinese railway achievements. Yet, it’s a scalable project and could easily impress millions in a country of rickety railways
1 min read29 Jun 2023Wait for it…
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