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The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, India’s first high-speed rail project, is on track to become fully operational by 2029, with the initial 50-km segment between Surat and Bilimora expected to open in 2027, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced in Surat on Saturday (September 27, 2025).

Once completed, the bullet train will reduce travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to just two hours and seven minutes, the Minister said, highlighting the smooth progress of the project.

During his visit to the under-construction Surat bullet train station, Vaishnaw inspected ongoing track installation works and the installation of the first turnout—the point where tracks either join or diverge—at the station.

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