New Delhi: The National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd (NHSRCL) is hopeful that a major chunk of land required for the 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project will be acquired by the end of this year. NHSRCL spokesperson Sushma Gaur said that the land will be taken over once the tenders for the project were finalised. "Major chunk of the land acquisition is likely to be completed by December 2019," she said.

The bullet trains are expected to run at 320 km per hour covering the 508 km stretch in about two hours. In comparison, trains now plying on the route take over seven hours to travel the distance while planes take about an hour of flying time.