Mumbai to A’bad in 127 minutes, first bullet train to chug off soon: Vaishnaw

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said India's first bullet train service will commence very soon, and it will cut the travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to two hours and seven minutes.

The Union Minister was at the Bhavnagar terminus, from where he virtually flagged off the Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express and Jabalpur-Raipur Express, in the presence of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Chief Ministers Mohan Yadav and Vishnu Deo Sai, respectively.

"The first bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmedabad will start very soon, and the work on the project is going on at a fast pace," Vaishnaw said.

India's first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will span 508 km. It will start from the Bandra Kurla Complex area in Mumbai, and connect to Gujarat's Vapi, Surat, Anand, Vadodara and Ahmedabad, running at a high speed of 320 km per hour.

The minister also gave details of the upcoming railway projects in Gujarat, including a new train between Porbandar and Rajkot, a Rs 135-crore coach maintenance facility at Ranavav station, a railway flyover in Porbandar city, two Gati Shakti cargo terminals and a container terminal at an upcoming port in Bhavnagar.