10 historical, engineering facts about Japan's prestigious bullet trains by Kushal Soni - 5 year ago | 6085 The first bullet train was inaugurated in Japan in the year 1964, right before the Tokyo Olympics. It could move upto 320 km per hour. A few years before Shinkansen was inaugurated in Japan, Emile Bachelet of New York demonstrated a prototype of what was to become a magnetic levitating car. The first commercial magnetic levitating car ran in Birmingham from 1984-95 between the international airport and the international railway station. Read more 1 0
10 mind-blowing facts about the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project by Kushal Soni - 5 year ago | 7862 1. Cheaper than flights? The government, in its own words, aims to keep the bullet train ride “affordable for all”. 2. Seating capacity and frequency: 16 coaches- 1250 passengers; 70 Ahmedabad-Mumbai sorties in a day. 3. Stations: It will cover a total of 12 stations; Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati. Read more 0 0
Bullet train in India by Benedict D'costa - 4 year ago | 1779 The work on the country's first high speed bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is on in full swing. The train would cover the distance of over 500 km between the two cities in less than three hours, from the present seven hours. The train will halt at 12 stations, out of which four fall in Maharashtra. Read more 1 0
Bullet Train - Mumbai to Ahmedabad by Kamal Waghel - 4 year ago | 1570 Bullet train will have 12 stops of 165 seconds each. The bullet train will make passengers reach in 2 hours 58 minutes from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. 35 Bullet trains to be run everyday with about 70 trips per day. 825 hectares of land required for the project at 92% of the route will be elevated, 6% of the route will go through a tunnel and 2% will be on the ground. Read more 0 0
