India’s Gujarat state moves fast on Bullet train project |
The 508-kilometer Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor connecting those cities in India is also popularly known as the first Indian bullet train project. India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is implementing the Bullet train project at top speed in the Gujarat part of the corridor. The structural works at the key Vapi station in Gujarat have achieved key milestones, with the completion of rail platform level slab casting and structural steel installation. NHSRCL is using Japanese Shinkansen technology. It said roof sheeting and electrical installations were in progress. The station’s approach viaduct toward Ahmedabad is ready, and work on that towards Mumbai is going on. The Vapi station will have a 28,917 square metres built-up area, rise to around 22 metres, and have amenities such as a business class lounge. The station is about seven km from the Vapi railway junction, 7.5 km from the bus station, and five km from an industrial area. It will be one of 12 stations—Mumbai (Bandra Kurla Complex), Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand/Nadiad, Ahmedabad, and Sabarmati— along the bullet train corridor. The project’s first phase, covering the 348-km Gujarat stretch, is expected to be operational by 2027. A trial run on a 50-km section between Surat and Bilimora is expected in early 2026. The full corridor is expected to be completed by 2028. One train service will halt at all stations (two hours 58 minutes), and another will have limited stops (about two hours seven minutes).
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