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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The train will run at a speed of 320kmph and is expected to be completed by 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -Surat is set to have its own bullet train station. It is scheduled to be completed by December 2024. The bullet train station will be the first one built along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project will be the country’s first bullet train route.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first bullet train in India is expected to run between Surat and Bilimora. The project aims to run a bullet train at 320 kmph along a high-speed rail (HSR) track between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, covering a distance of 508 km and stopping at 12 stations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The project was sanctioned in December 2015 at an estimated cost of Rs 108,000 crore with 80 per cent Japanese funding as an easy loan. Regarding the India-Japan partnership on the project, Prasad told ANI, “The Japan Shinkansen train has a track record of safety.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor (MAHSR) or Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR is an under-construction high-speed rail line connecting India’s economic hub Mumbai with the city of Ahmedabad. When completed, it will be India’s first high-speed rail line.