For Mumbai's Bullet Train, A Major Problem Solved: Station No 1

The bullet train is estimated to cost about Rs. 97,636 crore. (Representational Image)

NEW DELHI:

HIGHLIGHTS

Mumbai-Ahmedabad in 2 hours by bullet train
Dispute over starting station on route is resolved
Project being funded largely by loan from Japan

Plans for a bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad have sped up after a dispute over the starting point for the route was resolved over the weekend.

The bullet train will start underground from the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai and travel 21 km through a tunnel in the sea before emerging over ground at Thane.

But the authority that controls the land where the first station was planned had objected to handing it over; the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority said it wanted the same area to be used for a financial services centre.

However, the Railways Ministry has managed a winning formula: an underground station for the bullet train with the financial services building above it.

The bullet train will reduce the journey between Ahmedabad and Mumbai to two hours from seven; there are a total of 12 stations on the 508-km route - four of which are in Maharashtra and eight in Gujarat.

The bullet train is estimated to cost about Rs. 97,636 crore; about 80 per cent of the funding for the project will be provided by a loan from Japan.

Currently, a survey is being conducted to determine the exact location for the pillars for the super-fast train track.

Construction of the corridor is expected to start in 2018 and is estimated to be completed by 2023.

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