Mumbai to Ahmedabad in just 127 minutes: India's first bullet train service to begin soon, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
'The first bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmedabad will start very soon, and the work on the project is going on at a fast pace. When it starts running, the journey from Mumbai to Ahmedabad will take only two hours and seven minutes,' Vaishnaw said.
बुलेट ट्रेन, मुंबई से अहमदाबाद वाली पहली ट्रेन, वह भी बहुत जल्दी चालू होने वाली है। तेजी से काम चल रहा है और जब यह ट्रेन चालू हो जाएगी। मुंबई से अहमदाबाद मात्र 2 घंटे 7 मिनट की जर्नी रहेगीः माननीय रेल मंत्री श्री @AshwiniVaishnaw जी pic.twitter.com/BOj06gYlfx
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The Railway Minister was at Bhavnagar terminus from where he virtually flagged off three trains: the Bhavnagar Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Express, the Rewa–Pune Express, and a new train connecting Jabalpur to Raipur.
The 508-km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project will have 12 stations namely – Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.
The total estimated cost of MAHSR project is Rs 1,08,000 crore (approximately). Of these, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding 81% of the project cost i.e. Rs. 88,000 crores.
Last year, Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF) awarded a contract to design, manufacture, and commission of two high-speed trains to BEML Limited. Both the trainsets will be developed on Japanese Shinkansen technology. According to BEML, the price of each high-speed car is Rs 27.86 crore and the total contract value is Rs 866.87 crore.
Recently, in a written reply to Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the Gujarat portion of the corridor between Vapi and Sabarmati is planned to be completed by December, 2027.
'The entire project (Maharashtra to Sabarmati section) is expected to be completed by Dec, 2029. However, Bullet train project is a very complex and technology intensive Project,' he noted.
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