The Bandra Kurla Complex station, the lone underground halt connected the 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor, has reached the last signifier with the completion of 84% of the excavation work, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) said connected Saturday (September 20, 2025).
There are 12 stations connected the full corridor, and Bandra Kurla Complex presumption volition cater to the radical of Mumbai.
Updating the existent presumption of its ongoing operation work, the NHSRCL said excavation for the said enactment is being done till a extent of 32.50 metres (approx 106 ft) from the crushed level, which is equivalent to a 10-storey building.
“Excavation enactment is nearing completion arsenic 84% of it is implicit now,” officials said, clarifying that erstwhile the digging is complete, the mountainous task of processing world-class infrastructure volition beryllium taken up.
They added that the level is planned astatine a extent of 26 metres from the crushed level and determination volition beryllium 3 floors, including platform, concourse and work floor.
According to a property note, the inspiration for the station’s introduction operation plan has been drawn from the clouds and crashing waves of the Arabian Sea.
Officials stated that the presumption volition person six platforms, and the magnitude of each level volition beryllium astir 415 metres.
For the convenience of passengers, the NHSRCL has planned to supply the station’s connectivity with the metro lines and the road.
“Two entry/exit points are planned, 1 to facilitate entree to the adjacent metro presumption of Metro enactment 2B and different towards the MTNL building,” the property enactment said.
It further said that the presumption has been planned successful a mode that ample abstraction is disposable for rider question and amenities astatine the concourse and level level.
A dedicated skylight proviso has been made for earthy lighting.
The railway ministry hasn’t announced the last day for the completion and operationalisation of the full task arsenic of present aft missing erstwhile deadlines.
