India, Aug. 3 -- Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said India's first bullet train service will begin soon, reducing the travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to two hours and seven minutes.

He made the statement at Bhavnagar terminus, where he virtually flagged off the Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express, and Jabalpur-Raipur Express trains. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav and Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai also joined the event.

"The first bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmedabad will start very soon, and the work on the project is going on at a fast pace. When it starts running, the journey from Mumbai to Ahmedabad will take only two hours and seven minutes," PTI news agency quoted Vaishnaw.

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