New Delhi (NVI): The Embassy of Japan in India has released the first photos of E5 Series Shinkansen (Japan’s bullet train) which will be modified for use as rolling stock of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project.
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project will operate at a speed of 320 km per hour, once completely developed and ready for services.
It will cover 12 stations along the route, passing through specific regions in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The entire distance will be covered in three hours with all stops.
According to reports, the Sabarmati Terminal will be the only bullet train station that will boast of multimodal transit hub for passengers, giving seamless connectivity to bus transit points, Indian Railways, and the metro station.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project, popularly known as ‘bullet train project’, will reportedly create more than 90,000 direct and indirect jobs during the construction phase.
On September 14, 2017, PM Modi and then Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe had laid the foundation stone for the ambitious Rs 1.08 lakh crore ($17 billion) project.
-ARK
