India plans its own 350 kmph bullet trains by 2030; first B28 trains from 2027

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India plans to develop its own high-speed bullet trains operating at speeds of 350 kmph by 2030. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor is expected to open partially by 2027 with trainsets being manufactured for initial operation.

The entire 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor is scheduled to be completed by December 2030. But to begin with a small stretch will likely be thrown open in 2027 for which BEML is manufacturing the high-speed train sets that will have a design speed of 280 kmph.