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Entire Mumbai-Ahmedabad Section of Bullet Train Project Will Open By 2029: Vaishnaw
Vaishnaw visited the under-construction Surat bullet train station and inspected track installation works and its first turnout installation.
Surat: The 50-km stretch of India's first bullet train project between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat will open in 2027, and by 2029, the entire section between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be operational, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Saturday.
After becoming operational, the bullet train will cover the distance between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in just two hours and seven minutes, he said, stressing that India's first bullet train project is progressing very well.
Vaishnaw visited the under-construction Surat bullet train s