Archive · 8 Sep 2026
India's Indigenous Bullet Train Trials Expected May-June Next Year
India is building its own bullet train.
The train may start testing in May or June next year.
Officials say testing could last two to four months.
After testing, the train may be opened for passengers.
The first part of the train’s body has already been made.
It is being tested to check its strength.
The train will run on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor.
The railway minister said a trip from Vadodara to Mumbai could take about one and a half hours.
India’s first indigenously developed bullet train is expected to begin trials in May or June next year.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said commercial inauguration could follow two to four months of testing.
The train’s first body frame has been completed and sent for squeeze testing.
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor is progressing, with the Surat-Vapi section expected to be completed by December this year.
Vaishnaw said the train could reduce travel between Vadodara and Mumbai to about 90 minutes.
- Who
- Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw discussed the project and India’s railway development.
- What
- India’s first indigenously developed bullet train is expected to begin trials, followed by a possible commercial inauguration.
- When
- Trials are expected in May or June next year; inauguration may follow two to four months later.
- Where
- The train is being developed for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor, including the Vadodara-Mumbai route.
- Why
- The project is intended to support Atmanirbhar Bharat and significantly reduce travel time.
- Trial timeline
- May or June next year
- Expected testing period
- Two to four months
- Possible inauguration
- After testing, with the inauguration expected to be conducted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Vadodara-Mumbai travel time
- About one and a half hours
- First train body frame
- Completed and sent for squeeze testing
- Corridor milestone
- The Surat-Vapi section is expected to be completed by December this year
- Railway redevelopment
- 280 stations have been redeveloped and 36,000 km of new tracks laid