India’s first bullet train station will be built in Surat

Surat will get its own luxury bullet train station. Darshana Jardosh, the Union Minister of State for Railways, tweeted a graphical representation of the train station, which is expected to be completed by December 2024.

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The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train station would be the first to be built on the route.

The project to build a bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be the country’s first.

The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) is in charge of the project’s construction.

Chainage 264 has begun construction for the Surat station. “At the same time, work on roots, permanent steel, and pillars between Chainage 358 and 360 is underway in Bharuch district,” a high-speed rail project.

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project spans 508.17 kilometres, with 155.76 kilometres in Maharashtra, 384.04 kilometres in Gujarat, and 4.3 kilometres in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Aside from Surat, development on three more stations, Vapi, Bilimora, and Bharuch, has been accelerated, and all four will be operational by December 2024.

The bullet train project would also include stops in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex, Thane, Virar, Boisor, Ahmedabad’s Vadodra, and Sabarmati.

The project is expected to cost more than Rs. 1 lakh crore, with the Japan International Cooperation Agency contributing Rs. 88,000 crore (JICA).

The Surat station is expected to be completed by December 2024, according to media reports. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced last year that the first bullet train would be tested on a 50-kilometer track between Surat and Bilimora in 2026.

The project to build a bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be the country’s first. National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited has been charged with the task of constructing this project (NHSRCL).

On the 508-kilometer Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train route, there will be a total of 12 stations. Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, Anand, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Bilimora, Vapi, Boisar, Virar, Thane, and Mumbai will all have these stations.

On the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route, a bullet train with a top speed of 320 kmph is planned. According to the Hindustan Times, three more stations in Gujarat, Vapi, Bilimora, and Bharuch, would be operational by December 2024.