New Delhi: Imagine stepping onto a train in Mumbai and getting off in Ahmedabad before a movie finishes. That idea, which once sounded futuristic dream, is now turning into something far more real as India’s first bullet train project gathers pace across Maharashtra and Gujarat.

The work progress shows that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor has moved far beyond concept drawings. It is evolving into a large and complex engineering build that will change how people travel along one of India’s busiest economic routes.

The 508-kilometre line between the two cities is now taking form across long stretches of viaducts, newly built bridges, deep tunnels and busy station construction sites. Engineers involved with the project say the corridor will support operations at 320 kilometre

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