Bullet train on track, Japan ex-min's comments 'factually incorrect': Govt
India's government dismissed former Japanese justice minister Hideki Makihara's claim that India is responsible for delays on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project as 'factually incorrect'.
India and Japan reaffirmed the project as a flagship initiative; Japan's PM Takaichi supported India's 2027 target for priority section operations.
Japan will provide E10 series trains in the early 2030s, but the first section will open in 2027 using Indian high-speed trains.
India ordered signalling equipment as per international specifications, denying Makihara's claim that Japan was excluded from the process.
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the first bullet train operation on the Surat to Bilimora section in August 2027.
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