India’s first bullet train station in Surat

The bullet train station will be the first on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project will be the country’s first bullet train route.

Surat is getting its own posh bullet train station. Darshana Jardosh, Union Minister of State for Railways, tweeted a graphical representation of the railway station, which is expected to be completed by December 2024.

Sharing with you all, 1st glimpse of graphical representation of Surat's Bullet Train station.

The state-of-the-art multi-level station will have external facade and interiors of the station resemble a sparkling diamond – the pride of Surat city. #NayeBharatKiNayiRail #Surat pic.twitter.com/YQppvzEF8Z

— Darshana Jardosh (@DarshanaJardosh) February 10, 2022

The project will be built by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL).

“For Surat station, the construction has started on Chainage 264. At the same time, construction work of pile, pile cap and pillar between Chainage 358 to 360 is in progress in Bharuch district,” said the high speed rail project official.

Of the 508.17-kilometre Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, 155.76 km is in Maharashtra, 384.04 km in Gujarat and 4.3 km in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project spans 508.17 kilometres, with 155.76 kilometres in Maharashtra, 384.04 kilometres in Gujarat and 4.3 kilometres in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The bullet train project will also include stations in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex, Thane, Virar, Boisor, Vadodra, Ahmedabad, and Sabarmati.

The project is expected to cost more than 1 lakh crore of which 88,000 crore will be funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).