Vaishnaw reviews progress of ambitious Ahmedabad-Dholera Semi High-Speed Rail Connectivity Project

Key Highlights

• It will be the world’s first semi high-speed rail system developed on a 1676 mm broad gauge section between Sarkhej and Dholera, with a maximum potential speed of 220 kilometres per hour, it said.
• “It will be the first SHSR with a mixed traffic system where freight trains operating at 100 kmph and passenger trains at 220 kmph will run on the same track.
• The project is important in developing Dholera as a major hub for semiconductor industries and solar energy component manufacturing,” the release added.
• Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) Pradeep Gupta of Western Railway briefed the Railway Minister on the project’s progress, it said.
• Gujarat is one of the leading states in installed solar energy capacity in the country.