据印度国家铁道部长Madhavrao Scindia先生宣布,印度已经制定了一个为期10年的铁路研究开发计划。根据该计划,预计将投资28亿印度卢比(折合2.15亿美元)。 Scindia先生列数了旨在使印度铁路实现现代化的5个方面。计划要开发的新技术包括:提高客货混合运输线上的、牵引定数为4500t的货物列车的运行速度;客货混合运输 According to Madhavrao Scindia, Minister of Railways of India, India announced that it has formulated a 10-year railway research and development program. According to the plan, it is estimated to invest 2.8 billion Indian rupees (equivalent to 215 million U.S. dollars). Mr. Scindia listed five areas aimed at modernizing the Indian Railways. New technologies that are planned to be developed include: Increasing the speed of cargo trains with a towing set of 4,500 t on hybrid passenger and freight transport lines; Combined passenger and freight transport