Features, videos of India’s first bullet train – India TV

India’s first excessive velocity rail venture — the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor popularly referred to as Bullet Train — building is occurring in full swing and the first part of the superior train hall is anticipated to grow to be operational in 2026. The high-speed train hall will join two states together with Gujarat and Maharashtra. While the work on part falling in Gujarat is sort of full, the progress in Maharashtra can also be advancing.

The basis stone of the venture was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on September 14, 2017. This train hall is one of Prime Minister’s pet venture. Once accomplished, it can put India into the record of elite nations working excessive velocity rail. Let’s check out some key options of India’s first bullet train venture.

• The whole size of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train hall is 508 km out of which 348 km will fall in Gujarat and 156 km in Maharashtra.
• The bullet train can have an operational velocity of 320 km per hour.
• The high-speed train hall can have a complete of 12 stations. Out of these 12 stations, eight shall be in Gujarat and 4 in Maharashtra.
• The train will take roughly 2.07 hours to journey between Mumbai and Ahmedabad with restricted stops whereas 2.58 hours with whole stops.

• Out of the whole 508 km size of the venture, the development of 465 km is being executed by means of viaduct. The bridges comprise 10 km, Bank, Cut and canopy 7 km, 21 km shall be underground together with 7 km undersea and 5 km mountain tunnels.
• Apart from this, 12 aesthetically designed stations, eight upkeep depots, HSR coaching institute in Vadodara, three rolling inventory depots, and High Speed Rail Multi Modal Hub Sabarmati are half of the formidable venture.

• The 12 stations on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train venture are: Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, Anand, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Bilimora, Vapi, Boisar, Virar, Thane and Mumbai.
  

• Viaduct has been raised on a size of 272 km out of the whole 508-km-long venture between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The hall will cross over eight rivers. 
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reiterated that the deadline to finish the 50-km-long part between Surat and Billimora is 2026 and the work is progressing in accordance with the schedule.
• The bullet train hall will combine massive financial centres similar to Mumbai, Thane, Vapi, Surat, Vadodara, Anand and Ahmedabad and is nice for the nation’s financial progress.
• The bullet train will cross by means of a 7-km sea tunnel to succeed in Mumbai from Thane. The work on the tunnel is in progress.

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