Press Release! Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor

The joint feasibility study by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Government of India on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor has been completed in July 2015. 

The salient features of feasibility report on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor are: 

o Total length of corridor – 508 kms. 

o 12 stations between Mumbai and Sabarmati (Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad, Sabarmati). 

o The total journey time of 2.07 hrs for a fast train and of 2.58 hrs for trains stopping at each station. 

o Total completion cost estimated at approximately ₹ 97,636 crore (including price escalation, Interest during construction (IDC) and import duties). 

o Project implementation time of approximately seven years from commencement of construction. 

According to the report the Internal Rate of Return of the project is estimated as 4% and Economic Internal Rate of Return as 11.8%.


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