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Indian Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday shared a video of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad ‘Bullet train’ corridor which will cut the travel time on the 316 miles (508 km) route between the two cities to a mere two hours.
Watch the video here.
“Stay tuned for #BulletTrain in Modi 3.0!,” the minister posted on X. The video highlights some of the features of the state-of-the-art train project being built with an investment of ₹1.08 lakh crore.
These include:
- The Bullet train is expected to touch a maximum speed of 320 kilometres per hour on the route.
- The corridor will feature a slab track system, a technology to be used for the first time in India.
- As many as 24 river bridges, 28 steel bridges, and seven mountain tunnels are being erected for the Bullet train route.
- The corridor will also have a 7 km undersea tunnel
- The video describes the project as “a marvel of world-class engineering” and the “future of India.”
