As per report from sources it was stated that known for its expertise in the high speed rail sector, Germany will conduct a feasibility study for running trains at a speed of about 300 kmph on the 450 km long Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru route. It was stated that Germany has appointed a consortium of consultants comprising DB E&C, Intraplan Consult and Ingenieurburo Vossing to carry out the study in the southern region.
It was stated that Germany will bear the cost of the year-long study involving exact location, ridership, opportunities, and challenges among other issues and submit the report, where currently a pre-feasibility study of this section has been completed by the German side in 2016 and now they are keen to do a feasibility study.
Further it was added that during the visit of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to Germany in April 2016, a protocol was signed with German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure to intensify cooperation in rail sector. One of the areas mentioned in the protocol is high speed rail.
