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New Delhi, Feb 10: Surat will get its own bullet train station. Darshana Jardosh, the Union Minister of State for Railways, tweeted a graphical representation of the train 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
Interestingly, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train station would be the first to be built on the route. The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) is in charge of the project’s construction.
“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 rail project official.
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.
Aside from Surat, development on three more stations, Vapi, Bilimora, and Bharuch, has been accelerated, and all four will be operational by December 2024.
The bullet train project would also include stops in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex, Thane, Virar, Boisor, Ahmedabad’s Vadodra, and Sabarmati.
The project is expected to cost more than Rs. 1 lakh crore, with the Japan International Cooperation Agency contributing Rs. 88,000 crore (JICA).
