Is there bullet train in India?

For now, there's just a single line under construction along the country's western edge, but this one route alone is throwing up some immense challenges. Linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad — both massive economic and industrial hubs — the new railway comes in at just over 500km long, and there are 12 stations being built.



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