The Future of India: Bullet Trains, Skyscrapers & Super Cities
This video is about the #projectupdates on #india #firstbullettrain #project to be completed soon in 2026. The project is now taking shape.
India is now looking to- transform its rail network from somewhat inadequate to state-of-the-art as soon as possible.
And to your surprise – it's already made a big start.
Yes, the Work is well underway on its first high-speed rail system - one that it hopes will eventually connect all of India's major cities.
For now, there's just a single line under construction along the country's western edge, but this route alone throws up some immense challenges.
Linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad - both massive economic and industrial hubs - the new railway is just over 534km long, and 12 stations are being built. It is supposed to cost a whooping amount of 20 Billion US Dollars.
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As per the latest updates; The body in charge of India's first high-speed railway said it had bought all the 1,400 hectors of land it needed for the project, and had awarded all civil engineering contracts in the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, leaving only the small enclave of Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Overseen by the National High Speed Rail Corporation, the 508km line will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The Indian is all ready to use Japanese Shinkansen (Bullet Train) technology and is being financed largely by Japanese money.
The corporation said it had also laid 120km of girders, 271km of pier casting and had cast the first reinforced concrete track bed, required by the Japanese Shinkansen system.
It said this last had been completed in the city of Surat, which is roughly half-way between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The corporation added that the route's first mountain tunnel, which runs for 350m near the village of Zaroli in Gujarat, had been completed in 10 months.
And the first steel bridge, spanning 70m, was completed in Surat.
Altogether, 16 bridge projects are underway, with another 12 yet to begin.
Another project highlight was the beginning of work on India's first 7km undersea rail tunnel which is a part of 21km long tunnel between Bandra-Kurla Complex and Shilphata in Maharashtra.
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So, driving between the cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad takes about nine hours - without traffic - compared to six hours on the existing railway. With a top speed of almost 200mph - over twice as quick as India's current fastest - the trains on the new line will cut that journey time to around two hours.
When we say state-of-the-art, we do mean it. Really.
Passengers will ride on Shinkansen trains - the same models used on Japan's famous rail network. Other parts of the system - like signalling - will be Japanese too. There's more - Japan is helping train Indian workers and is providing a large chunk of the funding, too. Since 2017, Japan has supplied loans to 650BN Yen - over $4.5BN.
How is it being built?
A high-speed rail network that makes it much easier to move people and goods between the country's key cities and regions would be a big step towards that.
So, how has this new railway been built, mainly when one end of the line is a vast, densely populated city of over 20 million people?
About 92% of the track will be elevated on viaducts and bridges, which is critical.
It means the line can be built over rivers and existing infrastructure, and the environmental impact is reduced, and, in theory, it's easier to acquire land for the railway, too.
But not all of it is that simple. Perhaps the most significant engineering
Thane Creek, a large inlet just east of Mumbai, poses a challenge.
It's the only section on the route where a large body of water gets in the way.
00:00 Start
00:10 Intro
00:40 Project Features
01:12 Land Acquisition
01:40 Japanese Technology
02:07 Mountain Tunnel
02:28 First Under sea Rail Tunnel
02:58 Details of Bullet Trains
03:26 How is it being built?
05:00 Current Progress of Project
05:20 What went wrong?
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