Just checked, a Mumbai Ahmedabad air ticket for Feb 23rd (Not much in advance) is Rs. 1500 which is less than Executive Chair Car ticket on Shatabdi and not a great deal more than CC or 3A or 2A on other trains. In the future, airlines will become more favorable for even short distances. In such a scenario, bullet trains whose tickets will be much costlier than Shatabdi will not be preferred. In my opinion, it is a waste to spend so much money on building Bullet train infrastructure. Look what E. Sreedharan of Konkan Railways & Delhi Metro fame has to say ->
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