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Actually it's not. Neta-Babu run aviation and aviation infrastructure in India was not fit even for pigsties. Those who have had the misfortune of flying in and out of Delhi/Mumbai airports in 1990s and early to mid 2000s would very well know. Take a look at most of the AAI run airports and...

Oh yes, IR will need to take their game to wholly new level and that I believe is very difficult if not outright impossible in the present babu-neta heavy, technocrat-depleted IR set up. HSR corporation must be a completely separate entity that should have as little to do with IR as possible.

I believe that HSR corporation is best kept as a separate organisation, away from the general IR set up, on the lines of DMRC. Railways may hold some stake and some with private operators and the rest with general public. Let them build and operate these trains without the IR babudom.

I believe Delhi Metro is following that approach. I see no reason why the same cannot and will not be done for Shinkansen. Bangalore Volvos seem to be doing pretty well..

Of course not India is not not ready for bullet trains. India shouldn't have planes either. In a country where people don't even have a bicycle, where children have to walk for kilometres to get to school and back, where some villages don't even have roads, it's scandalous that we have airports...

Yes, too many Sanghis and Bhakts on that train.. Modi hattaao, Sanghi hattaao, Bhakt bhagaao...Rail bachaao...

@Ancient Indian Don't you understand? The Delhi-Howarh route was completely congestion free till May 2014. Trains were fast and efficient, tickets were easy to get and cheap so every one bought tickets, TTs had a smile on their faces and zero tolerance for ticketeless travellers. And yes...