Progress update on Mumbai bullet train station excavation, platform details, tunnel construction, and viaduct completion by NHSRCL.
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REUTERS
Close to 75 per cent of the excavation work for building the lone underground station on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has been completed at the project site at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, officials of National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) said, Monday.
Detailing the progress of the project, NHSRCL officials said a total 18.72 lakh cubic meter of earthwork is required to be excavated — for building the Mumbai bullet train station that will have a total depth of 32 meters which is equivalent to a 10-floor multistoried structure. Over 14 lakh cubic meters of earth has already been excavated at the project site at BKC.
The BKC bullet train platform is planned at a depth of about 24 meters from the ground level. There will be three floors including platform, concourse, and service floor. The station will have six platforms and length of each platform will be about 415 meters, sufficient to accommodate a 16-coach bullet train. This station will have two entry and exit points. One will facilitate access to the nearby metro station that is part of metro line 2B and the other opening will be towards the MTNL building.
The base slab of the Mumbai bullet train station — which will form the deepest construction level — is currently being cast and will require over 2 lakh cubic meters of concrete to be poured as part of the base-slab casting. So far 25000 cubic meters of concrete has been poured, NHSRCL said. Each base slab casting requires 3000-4000 cubic meter of concrete at controlled temperatures, which is being produced by in-situ three batching and chiller plants.
NHSRCL also said that the work on all the three elevated stations in Maharashtra — Thane, Virar and Boisar — have also started. There are a total of 12 stations on the 508 kilometer long route between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The work of a 21 kilometer long tunnel between BKC and Shilphata in Maharashtra is also under construction. Seven mountain tunnels are also under construction at Palghar and structural work on six of eight stations in Gujarat has been completed.
As on April 18, 2025, 293 kilometers of viaduct construction, most of which is in Gujarat, has been completed. Currently, installation of noise barriers on the viaduct is under way in Gujarat where 3 lakh of them have been installed on 150 kilometer stretch. A total of 143 kilometers of track bed construction has been achieved in Gujarat and welding of rails on the viaduct to form long panels of 200 meter length is also underway. More than 100 Overhead Equipment Masts (OHE) have also been installed between Surat and Bilimora bullet train stations — the stretch in Gujarat where the bullet train is expected to first operate.
Published on April 21, 2025
Progress update on Mumbai bullet train station excavation, platform details, tunnel construction, and viaduct completion by NHSRCL.
| Photo Credit:
REUTERS
Close to 75 per cent of the excavation work for building the lone underground station on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has been completed at the project site at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, officials of National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) said, Monday.
Detailing the progress of the project, NHSRCL officials said a total 18.72 lakh cubic meter of earthwork is required to be excavated — for building the Mumbai bullet train station that will have a total depth of 32 meters which is equivalent to a 10-floor multistoried structure. Over 14 lakh cubic meters of earth has already been excavated at the project site at BKC.
The BKC bullet train platform is planned at a depth of about 24 meters from the ground level. There will be three floors including platform, concourse, and service floor. The station will have six platforms and length of each platform will be about 415 meters, sufficient to accommodate a 16-coach bullet train. This station will have two entry and exit points. One will facilitate access to the nearby metro station that is part of metro line 2B and the other opening will be towards the MTNL building.
The base slab of the Mumbai bullet train station — which will form the deepest construction level — is currently being cast and will require over 2 lakh cubic meters of concrete to be poured as part of the base-slab casting. So far 25000 cubic meters of concrete has been poured, NHSRCL said. Each base slab casting requires 3000-4000 cubic meter of concrete at controlled temperatures, which is being produced by in-situ three batching and chiller plants.
NHSRCL also said that the work on all the three elevated stations in Maharashtra — Thane, Virar and Boisar — have also started. There are a total of 12 stations on the 508 kilometer long route between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The work of a 21 kilometer long tunnel between BKC and Shilphata in Maharashtra is also under construction. Seven mountain tunnels are also under construction at Palghar and structural work on six of eight stations in Gujarat has been completed.
As on April 18, 2025, 293 kilometers of viaduct construction, most of which is in Gujarat, has been completed. Currently, installation of noise barriers on the viaduct is under way in Gujarat where 3 lakh of them have been installed on 150 kilometer stretch. A total of 143 kilometers of track bed construction has been achieved in Gujarat and welding of rails on the viaduct to form long panels of 200 meter length is also underway. More than 100 Overhead Equipment Masts (OHE) have also been installed between Surat and Bilimora bullet train stations — the stretch in Gujarat where the bullet train is expected to first operate.
Published on April 21, 2025
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