At the moment, we queue with passenger trains. It takes about 48 hours to get from Mumbai to Delhi, a distance of 1,400 kilometers...This should come down to about 16 hours.

Container traffic is growing at 15% per annum. Even if we can skim part of the incremental growth, there is big potential.

Americans want and need passenger train service, ... They've demonstrated that by riding our trains wherever we operate them in large numbers. It is a myth that no one is interested in riding long-distance passenger trains.

It takes two hours to get it all into the banana split. They come out in droves for that.

Preparedness for a game that usually lasts four-five hours requires good physical condition and also steady nerves.

An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.