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Bullet Train in India : foundation stone by PM of Japan and India

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Narendra Modi Shinzo Abe at launch of bullet train

Bullet Train in India : foundation stone by PM of Japan and India

Today morning in Ahmedabad, taking a stride towards next generation infrastructure, foundation stone for India’s first high speed rail was laid down by Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi at Sabarmati HSR terminal.







the ambitious Rs 1.08 lakh crores (USD 17 billion) Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project on Thursday.

Highlights of the rail project:

speed of 320 km per hour with a maximum speed of 350 km per hour.

508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project will built at a cost of Rs 1,10,000 crores.

Initially, the train will have 10 coaches with a total seating capacity of 750 passengers. In the future, it is proposed to have 16 coaches with a seating capacity of 1,250 passengers.The railways will only require around 825 hectares of land for the project as 92 percent of the route will be elevated, six percent will go through tunnels and only the remaining two percent will be on the ground.

Speaking on the occasion PM Narendra Modi said Technology Transfer to Railways to earn benefit to technicians and manufacturers, in turn helping the entire gamut of railway network.

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadanvis, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Gujarat Governor OP Kohli and other delegates from Japan were present at the event.

Initially, the train will have 10 coaches with a total seating capacity of 750 passengers. In the future, it is proposed to have 16 coaches with a seating capacity of 1,250 passengers.

The railways will only require around 825 hectares of land for the project as 92 percent of the route will be elevated, six percent will go through tunnels and only the remaining two percent will be on the ground.

The high speed train will also pass through the country’s biggest tunnel of 21 km, of which seven km will be under the sea.

Japan was also ready to transfer the technology to India and sponsoring the project.

On the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route, total 12 stations have been proposed that include Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.

The distance of 508 km will be covered in two hours and seven minutes by the bullet train if it stops at four stations namely Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Mumbai.

A greater stretch of this link, 351 km, will run through Gujarat and 156 km through Maharashtra.

The high speed train will also pass through the country’s biggest tunnel of 21 km, of which seven km will be under the sea.

Japan was also ready to transfer the technology to India and sponsoring the project.

On the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route, total 12 stations have been proposed that include Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.

The distance of 508 km will be covered in two hours and seven minutes by the bullet train if it stops at four stations namely Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Mumbai.

stretch of  3 351 kms trak in Gujarat and 156 kms in Maharashtra.

The train will have 10 coaches with a total seating capacity of 750 passengers. In future, it is proposed to have 16 coaches with a seating capacity of 1,250 passengers.

The railways will only need around 825 hectares of land for the project as 92 percent of the route will be elevated, six percent will go through tunnels and only the remaining two percent will be on the ground.

The high speed train will also pass through the country’s biggest tunnel of 21 km, of which seven km will be under the sea.

Japan was also ready to transfer the technology to India and sponsoring the project.

Ahmedabad-Mumbai route to have 12 stations including Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.

Travel time of two hours and seven minutes by the bullet train if it stops at four stations namely Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Mumbai.

A greater stretch of this link, 351 km, will run through Gujarat and 156 km through Maharashtra.

In a day, the high-speed train will make 70 Ahmedabad-Mumbai sorties.