Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to start soon, travel time to be just over 2 hours

India’s first bullet train service on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route will commence soon.

Speaking at an event in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train service will begin very soon.

Once operational, it will reduce travel time between the two cities to just 2 hours and 7 minutes (127 minutes), he said.

The Railway Minister was at Bhavnagar terminus from where he virtually flagged off three trains: the Bhavnagar Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Express, the Rewa–Pune Express, and a new train connecting Jabalpur to Raipur.

The 508-km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project will have 12 stations namely – Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.