Know About the Rs. 60k Cr Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train

 Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda announced in the Railway Budget Tuesday July 08,2014 that India's first bullet train will begin from Mumbai

The route

Mumbai (BKC)
India's first high-speed bullet train corridor is expected to begin from Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), which is close to local train stations on the Central and Western lines, the Metro corridor and the Eastern and Western Express Highways. "People using the bullet train can switch over to another mode of transport here," said a railway official.

Thane
The next stop for the corridor, most of which will be elevated, will be somewhere in the Thane-Diva zone, for the benefit of those living in the central suburbs and Navi Mumbai. While land surveys are underway in the zone, officials said the stop here will be connected to the Thane-Panvel Trans-Harbour line and will be close to an as yet unidentified Central line station.

Virar
The train will then travel west and halt somewhere near Virar.

Palghar
A further halt is being contemplated somewhere between Boisar and Palgha

Vapi
Another halt will be at Vapi, an industrial hub and home/workplace to many merchants and businessmen.

Valsad
Valsad is expected to be the train's penultimate stop

Ahmedabad
The corridor will terminate near Sabarmati in Ahmedabad.

Mumbai to Ahmedabad
520km: Approximate distance the train will cover
350kmph: The expected operating speed of the train
3-4 hours: The time it will take to reach Ahmedabad using the bullet train
8 hours: The time it takes from Mumbai to ahmedabad in a train currently
50-100km: The distance between each station on the line
7: Number of stations on this high-speed corridor
Numbers game
Rs. 60,000cr: The approximate cost of the project
Rs. 100cr: The amount budgeted to initiate the project
Worth its length in gold
Rs. 15cr: The cost for laying a kilometre of tracks for the current railway network
Rs. 125cr: The cost per kilometre for the high-speed corridor

Funding
The project is being funded by Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is also studying its technical and financial aspects. "Studies and surveys for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor are underway. We will submit the report to the Indian Railways by June 2015," said a JICA official.

Ticket cost
A ticket for the bullet train will cost close to the price of a first-class AC coach in an ordinary train.