Nashik detour for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train 'not feasible' - But experts say it is possible in the Nagpur project route

• While chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told dna that he wants Nashik to be part of the high speed train route, officials overseeing the project said a Nashik detour for the bullet train was not feasible.

• But SC Agnihotri, chairman-cum-managing director of Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, the railway PSU that is in charge of building the bullet train corridor, told dna: "It is not feasible to have Nashik as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (HSR) corridor."

• Railway officials pointed out that the Pune-Mumbai leg of the bullet train was dropped for the same reason.

• Vinoo Mathur, former member, Railway Board and consultant to JICA on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, told dna that Nashik could be a destination in the Mumbai-Nagpur bullet train route currently being studied by the railways.

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