Ahmedabad, July 4 -- Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said the first section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project will be inaugurated in 2027, adding that nearly 80 per cent of the project has been completed.

While speaking to the media on sidelines of the Commencement of Commercial Production event at CG Semi's OSAT Facility, scheduled to be held today in Sanand, Gujarat, Vaishnaw said work on the country's first bullet train corridor was progressing rapidly and the remaining sections would be opened in phases.

"The first section of the Bullet Train from Surat to Bilimora will be inaugurated in 2027. Thereafter, the Wapi-Surat section, followed by Wapi-Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad-Thane and finally Ahmedabad-Mumbai w...