New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train will be operational by 2029, and the 50-km stretch of India’s first high-speed rail corridor between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat is expected to open by 2027, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday.

Vaishnaw inspected the under-construction Surat station, including track installation and the first turnout. According to him, people will be able to cover the distance between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in two hours and seven minutes on the bullet trains, against nine hours as shown on the Google Maps.

“Overall progress of the first bullet train project is very good. The first 50 km section between Surat and Bilimora will be open by 2027. By 2028, the Thane-Ahmedabad section will be commissioned, and by 2029, the full M

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