<p>India has sought China's assistance to speed up Bangalore-Chennai railway corridor besides redevelopment of Agra and Jhansi railway stations, a senior Indian official said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The proposal was made at the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) held here between the two countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We offered them speeding up of Bangalore-Chennai railway corridor," Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The SED was held between delegations headed by Kumar and He Lifeng, the chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The proposal was made for increasing the speed of the corridor to 150 kmph.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India previously made a proposal to China for the redevelopment of Agra and Jhansi railway station. It has been reemphasised at Sunday's talks, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chinese side will respond after considering the proposals, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar said it was pointed out to the Chinese side that the railway station development plan is a big one involving about 600 of them. They can bid for any of them, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, there was no discussion in the just concluded SED about the collaboration to build high-speed trains by China in India, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">China has been expressing interest to take up high-speed train corridors in India and began conducting a feasibility study for New Delhi and Chennai high-speed train corridor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first high-speed train corridor in India between Mumbai and Ahmedabad has been bagged by Japan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">China has the world's longest high-speed rail network, with 22,000 km within the country linking various top cities.</p>
<p>India has sought China's assistance to speed up Bangalore-Chennai railway corridor besides redevelopment of Agra and Jhansi railway stations, a senior Indian official said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The proposal was made at the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) held here between the two countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We offered them speeding up of Bangalore-Chennai railway corridor," Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The SED was held between delegations headed by Kumar and He Lifeng, the chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The proposal was made for increasing the speed of the corridor to 150 kmph.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India previously made a proposal to China for the redevelopment of Agra and Jhansi railway station. It has been reemphasised at Sunday's talks, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chinese side will respond after considering the proposals, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar said it was pointed out to the Chinese side that the railway station development plan is a big one involving about 600 of them. They can bid for any of them, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, there was no discussion in the just concluded SED about the collaboration to build high-speed trains by China in India, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">China has been expressing interest to take up high-speed train corridors in India and began conducting a feasibility study for New Delhi and Chennai high-speed train corridor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first high-speed train corridor in India between Mumbai and Ahmedabad has been bagged by Japan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">China has the world's longest high-speed rail network, with 22,000 km within the country linking various top cities.</p>