NEW DELHI: India will seal the deal for procuring first six E5 Series Shinkansen trains (bullet trains) from Japan by this month finish. Going by the accelerated tempo of progress, the railway is assured of the primary practice operation beginning in June-July 2026 in Gujarat.
Sources mentioned the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) will bid out all contracts, together with the procurement of trains and working system, by August 15 this yr.The 508 km bullet practice hall between Ahmedabad and Mumbai could have ‘limited stop’ and ‘all stop’ providers. While the limited-stop trains will cowl the gap between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in simply two hours, the opposite service will take about 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Officials mentioned the general bodily progress of the undertaking until Jan is round 40%. Out of this, the progress is extra in Gujarat (48.3%) whereas in Maharashtra the achievement is round 22.5%. They added that previously one yr, greater than 100 km of viaduct (elevated stretch) has been accomplished within the undertaking. Six river bridges have been accomplished prior to now one yr. Out of 20 bridges in Gujarat, seven have been accomplished.
“There is remarkable progress in Maharashtra in recent months. The state administration has directed all district collectors to complete the handover of land by this month end,” mentioned a railway ministry official. The undertaking obtained statutory permissions. “We are working hard to see how we can push the physical progress to compensate for the time we have lost because of the earlier Maharashtra govt,” a supply mentioned.