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The French Minister of State for Transport, Marine Affairs and Fisheries Alain Vidalies signed an agreement with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for collaboration in areas such as high-speed and semi-high speed rail, modernisation of current operations and infrastructure, station renovation and operations, suburban trains and safety systems, operations and security, said an official release.
On semi-high-speed, the parties had decided in 2015 to carry out a technical and execution study for upgrading the speed of passengers trains on the current rail corridor between Delhi and Chandigarh (244 km) up to 200 kmph.
In his meeting with Road Transport Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari, the French Minister discussed reducing the carbon footprint of public transport by using electric buses and LNG-fuelled barges, among others.
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