Railway minister Vaishnaw shares update on ‘India's 1st ballastless track’ for bullet train | Watch

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Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday shared an update on the completion of another milestone of the ongoing Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project..

The minister shared a video of India's first ballastless track system being developed for the bullet train.w)..

The video shared on X (formerly Twitter) showcased the development of the special J-slab ballastless track system between the two metropolitan cities..

Bharats first ballastless track for Bullet Train. 320 kmph speed threshold, 153 km of viaduct completed, 295.5 km of pier work completed..

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor project, being developed at the cost of 1.08 lakh crore, was launched by PM Narendra Modi and his then-Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in September 2017..

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