Bullet train is an alternative to people going by flight not by trains, government wants to give an alternative to flight journeys by introducing bullet trains and it'll only work for railways benefit. For people living in thane or Palghar to go to Ahmedabad or Vadodara by flight, it takes them at least 4 hours as you've to be at the airport 1 hour before, but if they travel by bullet trains, they can reach Ahmedabad in under 2 hours.