NEW DELHI : Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project will prove to be a corridor of economic prosperity, transforming towns and cities along the route and becoming a learning experience for future initiatives.

“Trains will zip through the tunnel at a maximum speed of up to 320 km. Constructing it without disturbing the tall buildings in the area is a challenge,” the railway minister said.

The shaft at the Vikhroli site of the National High Speed Rail Corridor is one among the four to be built for the entire 21-km-long underground stretch of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project.

The shaft-2 will be used to launch two TBMs — one towards the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) station’s east end and the other towards Sawli in Navi Mumbai.

Vaishnaw also reviewed the progress of construction of the BKC station, which is the starting point of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train.