Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that the much-anticipated Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train is set to be operational by 2029, news agency IANS reported. He further highlighted that the 50 km stretch of India’s first high-speed rail corridor between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat is expected to be opened by 2027. 

Vaishnaw inspected the under-construction Surat station, including the track-installation work and the first turnout. He said that commuters will be able to cover the distance between the two cities in just two hours and seven minutes on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train. The current travel time is around nine hours, as shown on Google Maps.