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The work on the country's first high speed bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is on in full swing with the designing of bridges and tunnels progressing well, a senior official has said.
The train would cover the distance of over 500 km between the two cities in less than three hours, from the present seven hours.
The train will halt at 12 stations, out of which four fall in Maharashtra.
The proposed corridor will start from the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai and end near the Sabarmati Railway Station in Ahmedabad.
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Bullet Train
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India's first bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai will run at maximum speed of 350 km per hour, covering the 508-km stretch in less than 3 hours. The ambitious project, which was launched by prime minister Narendra Modi and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, good cost around ₹1.10 lakh crore. Japan is giving a loan of ₹88000 crore for the project and minimal interest of 0.1% per annum.
the government wants to start the services on proposed Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed rail network, commonly known as the 'Bullet Train', on 15th August, 2022 to mark India's 75th year of independence.
As part of the project, 21 kilometre long tunnel will be made between Boisar and BHC in Mumbai, of which 7 km will be underwater.
The railway minister, Mr Piyush Goyal, send it was an experience in a train that lead to changes in Mahatma Gandhi's life and now it was a train that has found India and Japan in friendship and goodwill.