Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Opting E5 Shinkansen Technology

The Indian Railways and the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has finalised the Japanese E5 Shinkansen technology for the implementation of 10 bullet train corridors with the total length of about 6,000 kilometres across the country.

- Kuntala Sarkar

Out of these bullet train routes, six routes have already been identified for the high-speed train operation.

Nikhil Kumar Chakrobarty, Chief Public Relations Officer, Eastern Railway, told BE, “The Indian Railways has initiated plans to develop six high speed train routes between New Delhi-Mumbai, New Delhi-Kolkata, New Delhi-Amritsar, New Delhi-Varanasi, Patna-Kolkata, and Chennai-Bengaluru. However, the planning is in the initial phases.”

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train

The foundation stone of the first bullet train of the country, laid in 2017 linking Mumbai to Ahmedabad, is expected to be operational in 2023. As per government information, the train route will have total 12 railway stations namely Mumbai, Vapi, Thane, Boisar, Virar, Vadodara, Sabarmati, Anand, Bharuch, Surat, Bilimora and Ahmedabad.