The railways is contemplating opening a shorter 50-km section of bullet train route in August 2022, which was the deadline for making the entire 508-km high-speed corridor operational, sources said here indicating that the bullet train project is running behind schedule.
The sources in the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), the implementing agency of the project, told PTI that in the event of a missed deadline of August 15, 2022, India's 75th Independence Day, a small corridor from Surat to Billimora in Gujarat will be made operational.
A source said that "a more realistic deadline" for the bullet train project could