Ground work on the ambitious High-Speed Rail, popular as the Bullet train project, has finally got going in Mumbai. The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has called for field survey the basic work that will kick off the project.

India's first bullet train, being built with the joint partnership of India and Japan by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), will traverse the 508-km long distance between Ahmedabad and Mumbai in 2 hours and 57 minutes covering 12 stations, including the originating and final station. It starts from BKC in Mumbai with an underground station, has an undersea tunnel till Thane and then goes elevated. The frequency of train service at peak hours will be 20 minutes.