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India's First Bullet Train: 18 of 21 Bridges Ready and Work Accelerates
- •The 480-meter-long Sabarmati river bridge on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has been fully completed.
- •Construction is finished on 18 out of 21 river bridges in Gujarat, while tunnel and track work progresses rapidly in Maharashtra.
- •Over 62 percent of physical construction on the 508-kilometer corridor is complete, with approximately Rs 91,000 crore spent so far.
- •Excavation is advancing swiftly for the country's first underwater high-speed rail tunnel passing beneath Thane Creek.
- •A phased launch plan includes an initial trial run between Surat and Bilimora, eventually cutting travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to 2 hours and 7 minutes.
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More than 62 percent of the physical construction work on the 508-kilometer-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has been completed. Approximately ₹91,000 crore has been spent on the project so far, with the final estimated cost expected to reach up to ₹2 lakh crore.
The Sabarmati river bridge is 480 meters long and stands about 36 meters high, which is equivalent to a 12-story building. Built using balanced cantilever technology with eight massive circular pillars, it ensures minimal disruption to the natural flow of the river.
India's first underwater high-speed rail tunnel is being built as part of the 21-kilometer-long underground tunnel between Bandra-Kurla Complex and Shilphata in Maharashtra. About a 7-kilometer stretch of this tunnel will pass directly under the sea bed below Thane Creek.
