Travelling between Mumbai, the financial capital of India and Ahmedabad, one of the biggest Market hubs of the country, would soon be reducing the 7-8 hours journey to just about 2 hours. Prime Minister Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe inaugurated India’s first bullet train project will start construction in June 2018 and expected to launch in 2022.

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed bullet train would span 508 km and include various undersea tunnels. It is expected to have a total of 12 stations, wherein there would be a halt of 2 minutes at stations like BKC, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati. As of now, India’s first bullet train is said to zoom at a speed of 350 km/hr and complete the whole journey in just 2-3 hours against the 7-8 hours that it currently takes on regular train.

The government also plans to have 35 such trains in service that would do 70 trips every day. For all of this, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project would cost around INR 1 lakh crore. While the ticket price for bullet train ride is expected to start around INR 250 for a short 20 minutes zip from Thane to BKC in Mumbai, and a 24 minute ride from Virar to BKC would cost around INR 500.

If the project goes through as planned, India could be bigest market globally for the super-fast transportation system. With Bullet train, we can create with sustainable infrastructure that will enhance Maharashtra’s competitiveness  and attract new investment in Real Estate and business.