Railways is mulling to name its proposed high speed train service as TGS (Tibra Gatee Seva) on the pattern of TGV, the bullet train service in France.

France's TGV, which stands for 'Train Grande Vitesse' or high speed train in English, is renowned for its speed and comfort, running at 280-300 km/hour speed on five major lines.

Some of the premier train services are named by Railways as Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto.

Railways which is setting up the National High Speed Rail Authority to implement and monitor the high speed train project in the country is currently awarding contracts to global consultants for conducting feasibility studies of the proposed routes.

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