Mumbai, Feb. 24 -- The BJP is all set to showcase the ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train as the success story of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term at the Centre in August 2026 as the party is confident of returning to power.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told The Pioneer that a section of about 50 km of the high-speed corridor will be thrown open to the public in August 2026. Vaishnaw said that the Surat-Bilimora section on the 508-km-long corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad could be operational by July-August 2026.
"The other sections will be opened one after the other thereafter," he said.
Vaishnaw made these statements during a site visit where the tunnelling process was initiated for the 21 km long India's first un...