Surat to be India's 1st Bullet Train Station by December 2024

Highlights:

• Gujarat’s Business hub Surat is all set to be India’s 1st Bullet Train Station as per the details shared by the Ministry of Railways. 
• Brining PM Modi’s vision of Bullet Train to fruition, Surat is being developed as the 1st Dedicated Bullet Train station that will be a major port for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project which is under development now. 
• The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is being managed by National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) at the cost Rs 1 lakh crore of which Rs 88,000 crores will be funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

• The foundation stone of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project was laid in 2017 and it was initially slated to be completed by 2023. 
• The project covers a 508-km long corridor for India’s First Bullet Train which will be run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. 
• Of the total length, 155.76 km track is being constructed in Maharashtra, 384.04 km in Gujarat and 4.3 km in Dadra and Nagar Haveli. 
• Once completed, the corridor will have stations at Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisor, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad, and Sabarmati.