China is looking forward to bullet train services connecting to India via Myanmar and Bangladesh.
The country is mooting a service between Kolkata and its southwestern city of Kunming, according to the Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu.
"It will only take a few hours to reach Kolkata from Kunming if the rail link becomes a reality," NDTV quoted him saying.
The envoy also said that Myanmar and Bangladesh would benefit from the project.
He, however, did not divulge the details of the route and whether it would follow the proposed Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) economic corridor, reported the Hindustan Times.
The BCIM corridor is projected to run through Mandalay in Myanmar, Chattogram (Chittagong) and Dhaka in Bangladesh terminating in the West Bengal capital of Kolkata.