Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that his ministry is assured of attaining the goal of working India’s first bullet prepare between Surat and Bilimora within the state of Gujarat in 2026 pretty much as good progress has been made on this path. The Railway Minister was within the metropolis of Surat to examine the progress of the challenge. Vaishnaw was quoted in a PTI report saying that, there was good progress within the development of infrastructure for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train, and the work is being carried out at a excessive pace. The authorities is conserving the goal of working the excessive pace prepare between Surat and Bilimora within the 12 months 2026, he stated.
The bold Bullet Train challenge will run between the cities of Ahmedabad and Mumbai on a excessive pace rail hall at 320 km per hour pace, overlaying a distance of 508 km and 12 stations. The challenge is anticipated to scale back the journey time between the 2 cities to round three hours from the present six hours period. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is funding 81% of the challenge price which is estimated at Rs 1.1 lakh crore. According to Vaishnaw, pillars for the challenge have been put up on 61 kilometres of the route and work is underway on almost 150 kilometres of the stretch.
The Railway Minister inspected the operation of a segmental casting yard of the Bullet Train hall close to Vaktana village in Surat’s Choryasi taluka, and he additionally visited the under-construction Antroli station. Later, Vaishnaw, together with Minister of State for Railways Darshana Jardosh, additionally visited the challenge web site at Nasilpore in Navsari. When requested concerning the challenge progress in neighbouring state Maharashtra, the Railway Minister stated it was gradual resulting from points associated to land acquisition. Until the work of land acquisition within the state of Maharashtra is accomplished, the main target will stay on Gujarat, the Railway Minister added.
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