In an interview with IANS, the Union Minister said the work on bullet
trains is progressing very well on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route. “. The work is
going on at a very fast pace with the complete target of opening its first
section in 2026,” the Union Minister told IANS.
“Its design is very complex because the
vibrations are very strong at the speed at which the train has to run,”
informed the Union Minister.
In between, there was a little
setback due to the Covid pandemic. “In Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray’s
government had refused to give permission which delayed the project. But the
work is progressing very well now,” the Union Minister noted. The bullet train corridor has a 21-km-long
tunnel, including a 7-km undersea stretch. The deepest point of the tunnel is
56 metres.
Inside the tunnel, the
bullet trains will run at the speed of 300-320 kmph.