The building of India’s first modern High-Speed Rail (HSR) route, which will connect Ahmedabad and Mumbai, is now underway. The mammoth project, which covers 508 kilometers and connects two significant financial hubs in West India, would be divided into 448 km of elevated, 26 km of tunnels, 10 km of bridges, and 7 km of embankments.
A crucial part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (HSR) line, the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) Station, has about 15% of its civil construction finished, according to an announcement made by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHRCL) last month. By 2027, the NHRCL hopes to have completed the station in its entirety.
Planned as the only subterranean stop along the high-speed rail track, the BKC station has six platforms built especially for 16-coach bullet trains. The depth of the enormous excavation needed for the station is thirty-two meters. There are currently 4.8 hectares under development, and the platform is expected to be around 24 meters below the surface. The platform, concourse, and service floor will be the three floors that make up the station.
The projected daily maximum workforce needed during peak periods might be as high as 6,000 people.
