In 1969, India proudly released its first Rajdhani Express, becoming only the second country in Asia after Japan runs trains of more than 100 kmph. More than five decades later, the railway infrastructure gap between India and China tells a very different story.

While China has advanced with a high -speed railway network built at the speed of Breakneck, India continues to establish the foundations of its first high -speed hallway. The contrast emphasizes deeper differences in the way the two nations plan, prioritize and execute development in the context of their political and social structures.

Highlighting this strong contrast, Ananth Rupanagus, an ICF financial advisor, in a publication in X (before Twitter) emphasized: “It is also a madness to believe that when we directed the Rajdhani in 1969, we were the second country in Asia after Japan to make trains of more than 100 kmph.

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“India is decades behind China and comparing the rhythm of the execution of our infrastructure is a wasted exercise,” a user wrote.

Another added: “One of the reasons is the unstable governments and its priority was never ease of transportation. Next to 2014, they only introduced new stalls and additional trains or renamed the express names. Even the DFC was not complete. The Konkan railway is only built after NDA arrived.”

Touching the complexity of the social fabric of India, a user observed: “China must treat and work with the Chinese. India must treat and work with people from different states, castes, credos, etc.

Some shared desolate perspectives on the country’s infrastructure ambitions. “The harsh truth is that … we can never build a high -speed high -speed rail network … the railway network of 45,000 km of high speed is close to impossible … it cannot be built in 100 years from now on … period!” One wrote.

Another reflected in the backward gaze of the country: “The thing is that India is stuck in the past. We only talk about the past. We do nothing new to change according to time. That’s why we only continue to repeat about the past and feel good.”

China, now the most populous country in the world, also leads railway innovation. Its high -speed railway network has less than 37,900 kilometers (about 23,500 miles), all built since 2008.In 2021, 3,700 more open kilometers were opened by 2021, with plans to stretch the network at 70,000 kilometers in 2035.

By 2020, 75% of Chinese cities with populations of more than 500,000 had a high -speed railway link, an achievement that highlights the scale and speed of China’s infrastructure game.