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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. India’s first high-speed rail training centre will set up in which state? Notes: India’s first high-speed rail training centre will set up in Gandhinagar, Gujarat at a cost of Rs 600 crore, and is expected to start operating by 2020.

Detailed explanation-2: -First construction Construction of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor, India’s first high-speed rail corridor, was initiated in 2017 and is expected to be completed by 2028.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s First Bullet Train Project Presently, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail is the only sanctioned high-speed rail project in the country. The High-Speed Rail operating at 320 kmph will traverse along west India’s landscape, covering 508.17 km distance between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in just about two hours.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first bullet train will run in the Mumbai and Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor, whose construction began in September 2017. It is a 508 km long high-speed rail corridor building with the help of Japan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Let’s have a look at the Fastest Trains in India: Vande Bharat Express-Train 18 (22439), 180 km/h. Gatimaan Express (12049/12050), 160 km/h. New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express (12002), 150 km/h. Mumbai-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (12951) & New Delhi-Kanpur Shatabdi Express (12034), 140 km/hour.