The Indian Railways will invest Rs 9,800 crore in the high-speed rail project and the remaining cost will be borne by the state governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat. It will take about 2 hours and 7 minutes to travel the 508-km distance between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Here's how India's first bullet train will have many firsts for the commuters:
• Passengers will get a dedicated room for child feeding
• There will be facilities for sick persons
• Washrooms for men and women would be separate
• Each train will have 55 seats will for business class and 695 seats for the standard class
• There will be luggage space for passengers
• The E5 Shinkansen series bullet trains will have baby changing rooms comprising baby toilet seats, tables for diaper disposal and a low sink for children for washing hands
• There will be also two extra-spacious toilets for wheelchair-bound passengers in the 10-coach high-speed train
• The 750-seater E5 Shinkansen which is a new generation Japanese high-speed train will have wall mounted type urinals for men
• Urinals and toilets will be installed in alternate coaches in the train. For example, toilets will be installed in coach number 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 while urinals will be available in coach number 2, 4, 6 and 8
• Washrooms for men and women will also be placed in a similar way
• Coaches will have comfortable automatic seat rotation system.
• There will be a freezer, hot case, boiling water facility and tea and coffee maker in the train while a hand towel warmer will be provided in business class
• Coaches will have LCD screens to display current station, next stopping station and destination, schedule and expected time to reach next stop and destination stations
(With inputs from IANS)