Get ready to see paradigm shift in the field of transportation as the dream of bullet train has come inches close to reality. The first bullet train of the country will connect Ahmedabad and Mumbai and foundation stone for the same was laid by Prime Ministers of Japan and India Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi on Thursday near to Sabarmati Railway station in the city.
The 508-km National High Speed Rail Project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, (MAHSR) will reduce journey time between Ahmedabad and Mumbai to 2.07 hours from the 8 hours it takes at present.
This is possible due to operating speed of 320 kmph, the highest in the world currently for a railway system on wheels. The Japanese technology Shinkansen is being used for MAHSR. Japan will fund the project, whose cost is estimated Rs 1 lakh crore out of which 81 per cent fund is allocated from Japan as a soft-loan at the interest rate of 0.1 per cent. Japan is going to fund Rs 88,000 crore. The ambitious project is going to complete by 2022.
Foundation stone laying ceremony was also held for a training centre for high speed rail network at Vadodara.
The Rs 1 lakh crore project will bring many changes in country Modi said during the event. "It's a new chapter in Indian history which is going to bring many changes. Earlier the civilisations and development happens near to river banks. Now the next generation growth will happen around the high speed corridors. It may be road, water an air corridors," said Modi.
Modi said this project will not only shorten distance between places but among people too.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe also expressed a desire to travel to Ahmedabad by bullet train next time.
"This train will fulfil Narendra Modi's Make in India dream. Japan is with him for his dream of New India," added Abe.
FEATURES OF BULLET TRAIN
SAFETY
Based on Shinkansen design with a record of zero passenger fatalities in over 50 years of operation.
Equipped with disaster prevention system.
Railway track with no level crossing.
SPEED:
Travel time reduced from 8 hrs to 2 hrs.
COMFORT:
Rotating seats, special seats for disabled.
ECO-FRIENDLY:
CO2 emission per km travelled is 1/4th that of an aeroplane, 2/7th of a car
ENERGY SAVING:
Energy consumption per km travelled is 1/3rd that of an aeroplane, 1/5th of a car
CONVENIENCE:
Designed for a train every 8 minutes in each direction, the double-line length of the 508 km
Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail will be passing through two states, Mahrashtra (155.642 km) and Gujarat (350.530 km) and one Union Territory — Dadra and Nagar Haveli (2 km)
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