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ArthaSootra · Infrastructure and Public Finance · 10 Oct 2026

A Soft Loan and a Hard Delay: The Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train

India’s first bullet train was financed at 0.1 percent on the assumption that it would open in 2023 and earn about 4 percent as a business. The viaducts are going up. The opening date, the bill, and the technology package have all moved.

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