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New Delhi, Jul 14: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project has crossed a major milestone with the opening of the first segment of a 21-kilometre undersea tunnel between Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Thane. The achievement marks a major step forward in India's first bullet train project, which is rapidly taking shape across Maharashtra and Gujarat. Press release from Railway ministry said that construction is advancing swiftly along the 508-km corridor. So far, 310 km of viaducts have been completed, with civil works progressing at pace. Fifteen river bridges are fully built and four more are nearing completion. Out of the planned 12 stations, five are already finished and three more are approaching the final stages. The underground station at BKC, designed as a structural and architectural feat, will be located 32.5 metres below ground and engineered to support a future 95-metre high-rise above it. Parallel to civil infrastructure, critical systems for train operation, including track laying, overhead electrical wiring, and signalling, are also being developed at speed. Procurement and installation of control systems are proceeding in tandem. In a major boost to the India-Japan strategic partnership, the Japanese government has agreed to introduce the next-generation E10 series of Shinkansen trains for the project. These state-of-the-art trains will be deployed simultaneously in Japan and India, marking a historic collaboration. Currently, Japan runs the E5 series, with the E10 expected to bring enhanced speed, safety, and passenger comfort. The entire corridor is being developed using Japanese Shinkansen technology, widely regarded as a global benchmark in high-speed rail for its unmatched standards of reliability and safety.
Mumbai: Maharashtra will connect the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi expressway corridor to the upcoming greenfield Vadhvan port, slated to be the country's biggest such facility, via the Nashik highway, the upcoming Delhi-Mumbai greenfield expressway corridor, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, the under-construction bullet train corridor, and the coastal road that is planned to be extended up to the port."The Prosperity corridor will have up to 500 MW to 1,000 MW capacity solar plant along it with 200 MW starting soon, besides a huge gas pipeline that will supply PNG not only to cities but also to power ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 2 (PTI) Work on the 21-km underground tunnel of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has progressed to advanced stages, with about 5 km of the stretch excavated using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM), the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) said on Thursday. Work has now moved to the installation of critical systems inside the tunnel, the NHSRCL said in a statement. "The 21-km tunnel between Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai and Shilphata includes a 5-km NATM section between Ghansoli and Shilphata, where excavation has been completed, paving th ...Read More >
Mumbai: The underground stretch of India's first bullet train corridor has entered a critical construction phase, with drainage systems, waterproofing membranes, and concrete lining work now underway inside the fully excavated five-kilometre New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) tunnel between Ghansoli and Shilphata in Maharashtra. The 21 kilometre tunnel, the longest on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor runs from Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai to Shilphata. With excavation of the NATM portion complete, specialised gantries are now casting the drainage layer, installing water ...Read More >
Mumbai is set to get a driverless Pod taxi system. The Automated Rapid Transit System will connect Kurla and Bandra Kurla Complex. This project aims to improve last-mile connectivity for daily commuters. The system will feature AI-based pods running on battery power. It is expected to reduce traffic congestion and travel time.Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the driverless Pod taxi project, an Automated Rapid Transit System being developed between Kurla and BKC in Mumbai, to provide last-mile connectivity for daily commuters. De ...Read More >
Mumbai: Plans are underway to connect India's first underground bullet train station at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) with two metro rail lines and other buildings and commercial complexes around it, said officials. There will be an underground tunnel with a travelator connecting the bullet train station to the Kotak-BKC station of the underground metro Line-3 (Cuffe Parade to Array Colony), and a foot over bridge (FOB) linking it to the IL&FS station on the under-construction Metro Line-2B (DN Nagar to Mandale). The linking initiative is a part of the larger multi-modal integration (MMI) aiming ...Read More >
Srinagar: Imagine gliding effortlessly above the clouds atop the world's highest railway bridge, with panoramic views of snow-capped peaks, lush green valleys, and rivers carving their way through rugged mountains. This is the experience Kashmir's first high-speed train journey offers -- promising to transform travel and tourism in the region forever. On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two cutting-edge Vande Bharat trains running between Katra and Srinagar, slashing travel time by hours and providing year-round, reliable connectivity to the Kashmir valley. This train ride doe ...Read More >
Srinagar: Before towering cranes and cutting-edge engineering transformed the Himalayan landscape, the monumental dream of connecting "Kashmir to Kanyakumari" by rail began with the plodding footsteps of humble mules. This extraordinary backstory underpins the official realization of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 6, 2025, a project crowned by the awe-inspiring Chenab Bridge. According to Afcons Infrastructure Limited, the company behind the Chenab Bridge, the earliest and most formidable hurdle wasn't just the design of ...Read More >
Mumbai: A major milestone was achieved on Wednesday in the construction of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor, with the first breakthrough in the 21km tunnel between BKC and Shilphata. The breakthrough marks the completion of a 2.7km continuous tunnel section in India's first high-speed rail project.The BKC-Shilphata tunnel includes a 7km stretch beneath Thane creek. Of the 21km, 16km will be built with tunnel boring machines and the remaining -- from Shilphata to Ghansoli -- using the new Austrian tunnelling method (NATM). To speed up NATM works, an additionally driven intermediate tu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Two people died and four others were injured after a fire broke out at a house in east Delhi's Old Govindpura area on Tuesday evening, an official said. Police have identified the deceased as Tanveer (28) and Nusrat. A call was received at Jagatpuri police station at 8.46 pm regarding a fire incident at Band Gali, Old Govindpura, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said. When a police team reached the spot, it found that 10 people were trapped inside a residential building that caught fire, the DCP said. With the help of police personnel and fir ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The road widening works for the proposed Metro Rail corridor between MGBS and Chandrayangutta in the Old City have gained momentum. HAML Managing Director NVS Reddy stated that the alignment has been carefully designed to be optimal while minimising the number of affected properties. The properties were reduced to 900 from earlier marked 1,100 properties. The MD mentioned that daily review meetings are being conducted with engineering and revenue officials to monitor progress. "Initially, we estimated that around 1,100 properties would be impacted. However, through engineering rede ...Read More >
Silchar: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday visited the flood-ravaged districts of Hailakandi and Sribhumi in the Barak Valley. He assured affected residents of providing timely disbursement of rehabilitation grants and swift repair of damaged infrastructure.This marks Sarma's second visit to the flood-hit region within four days, underscoring the gravity of the situation. Speaking to the media in Sribhumi after inspecting multiple relief camps, the CM said, "Flood-related problems may persist till July. I will return before Durga Puja to ensure that roads and infrastructure ar ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Railways Ministry has dismissed as baseless and misleading some reports claiming that India has decided not to run the Japanese bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. Releasing a fact check on these 'fake news' reports, the Ministry said that it has taken no such decision to reject Japanese technology. "Some articles and social media posts claim that the Ministry of Railways has decided to not run the Japanese bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. This claim is misleading! The Railway Ministry has made no such decision," said a statement. T ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], October 3 (ANI): Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, along with Japan Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hiromasa Nakano, on Friday inspected the construction of the Surat stretch of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) bullet train project. The Japanese Minister was accorded a traditional Garba welcome at the Surat airport. The two Ministers reviewed significant aspects of the project during their visit, including the advanced track slab laying car and the track slab adjustment facility, both key components. They expressed satisfacti ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The E5 variant of Japanese Shinkansen trains will be used for trial runs in the Gujarat section of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project in financial year 2026-27, railway officials have said. India will subsequently buy the state-of-the-art E10 variants, which will be rolled out in India and Japan simultaneously. E10 Shinkansen trains are likely to be launched in 2030.The country's first bullet train project is progressing well, a senior railway ministry official said. "Only Japanese Shinkansen trains will be deployed for the trial runs and then we will have the most advanced t ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], October 3 (ANI): Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, along with Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hiromasa Nakano, on Friday inspected the construction of the Surat stretch of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) bullet train project. The Japanese Minister was accorded a traditional Garba welcome at the Surat airport. The two Ministers reviewed significant aspects of the project during their visit, including the advanced track slab laying car and the track slab adjustment facility, both key components. They expressed satisfac ...Read More >
A visually animated video showing three high-speed trains seamlessly crossing paths at a railway junction has gone viral across social media platforms. The video, often shared with patriotic captions, has been widely mistaken for real footage showcasing India's railway capabilites, with some users attributing it to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's leadership. However, the clip is entirely computer-generated. The animation depicts an elaborate X-shaped junction where three trains pass each ot ...Read More >
Shilphata (Maharashtra) [India] July 11 (ANI): On July 9, the first breakthrough was achieved in the 21 km long tunnel being constructed between Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Shilphata in Maharashtra, marking the successful completion of a 2.7 km continuous tunnel section. Out of the total 21 km tunnel, 5 km is being constructed using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) between Shilphata and Ghansoli, while the remaining 16 km will be built using Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). The tunnel also includes a 7 km long undersea section beneath Thane Creek. To expedite tunnelling in the NATM ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) achieved a breakthrough of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) at the Tughlakabad Railway Colony Underground Metro Station site, an official said on Saturday. This milestone was achieved as part of work on the Golden Line (Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor) under Phase-IV of the Delhi Metro network. The breakthrough was achieved in the presence of Delhi Transport Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh who lauded the engineering precision. He said that such breakthroughs reaffirm the Central government's commitment to modern, sustainabl ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitten by a snake in Bilaspur, while one was killed after falling from a height, the State Emergency Oper ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The MGBS to Chandrayangutta stretch of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project in the Old City has gained pace, with pillar marking and road widening now in progress, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) Managing Director N V S Reddy said on Sunday, August 3. The 5.5-km corridor, part of the metro expansion into the Old City, has been carefully planned to reduce property acquisition while ensuring smooth connectivity. The number of affected properties has been brought down from 1,100 to around 900 through engineering redesign and route realignment. Till now, 412 properties have been co ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], September 27 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday inspected the construction work of the bullet train project at Saroli in Surat, including India's first high-speed rail turnout, where trains will be able to turn at 320 kilometres per hour. Speaking to ANI, Vaishnaw stated that the first operational section of the project is expected to be between Surat and Bilimora in 2027. Also Read | Bank Holidays in October 2025: From Gandhi Jayanti to Durga Puja and Diwali, Banks To Remain Closed for More Than 15 Days Next Month; Check Full List of Bank Holid ...Read More >
Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu), Jul 8 (PTI) Three school students were killed in this district on Tuesday when the van they were travelling in collided with a passenger train, even as different versions of the tragic incident surfaced. The gatekeeper posted at the level crossing in question has been suspended and arrested, Southern Railway, which apologised for the "unfortunate incident," said. Around 7:45 am, the school van carrying the students attempted to cross the railway level crossing Gate No. 170 (a non-interlocked manned gate) between Cuddalore and Alappakkam, and was hit by Train No. 56813 ...Read More >
New Delhi: There is an update about the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. Railway officials have said that E5 models of Japanese Shinkansen trains will be used in this project. These E5 models will be used for trial runs in the Gujarat section in 2026-27. After this India will buy E10 models. These will be even more modern. E10 Shinkansen trains are likely to start simultaneously in India and Japan in 2030. E10 is also called Alpha X. It can run at a speed of 400 km per hour. That is, the distance of 1,000 km from Delhi to Patna can be covered in just 2.5 hours. It will cover the distanc ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The bullet train project has achieved a major milestone of opening the first section of the 21 km undersea tunnel between BKC and Thane, according to an official release from the Ministry of Railways. The bullet train project recently achieved a major milestone by completing 310 km of viaduct construction. Track laying, construction of overhead electrical wires, stations, and bridges are going on at a rapid pace. The construction work in Maharashtra has also picked up pace. In parallel, the progress on the procurement of systems for operations and control is ...Read More >
India's First Bullet Train: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday announced that India's first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will begin operations very soon, reducing travel time between the two cities to just 2 hours and 7 minutes. He was speaking to reporters at the Bhavnagar terminus in Gujarat after virtually flagging off three trains, namely the Ayodhya Express, Rewa Pune Express, and Jabalpur Raipur Express. He further stated that the bullet train project is progressing rapidly. The 508-kilometre high-speed rail corridor will connect Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) ...Read More >
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday successfully completed tunnelling at Tughlakabad Railway Colony station in south Delhi for the upcoming Golden Line, a part of the Phase IV of the metro expansion, said a DMRC official. The tunnel will connect Maa Anandmayee Marg, near Kalkaji Temple, to Tughlakabad station, the last station on the Golden Line. The DMRC official said the last tunnelling breakthrough of 792 metres, achieved using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), took place in the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) Infrastructure consultancy firm Aarvee Engineering Consultants Ltd has filed preliminary papers with markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO) comprising fresh issuance of shares worth Rs 202.5 crore. Apart from the issue, there will be an offer for sale (OFS) component of 67.5 lakh shares by a promoter, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed on Thursday. The Hyderabad-headquartered company, may consider a pre-IPO placement of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 40.5 crore. If such placement is completed, the amo ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Maharashtra government fears that increase in height of Alamatti reservoir in Bagalkot district of Karnataka from 519.60 meters to 524.256 meters would result in flooding of Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts owing to backwaters and there is no need for the Maharashtra government to fear flooding since its own expert committee led by retired Principal Secretary to Irrigation department Nandkumar Wadnekar ruled out flooding from the Almatti and Hipparagi reservoirs, stated Minister of Large Scale Industries M.B. Patil on Sunday. M.B. Patil was the irrigation minister in Sidda ...Read More >
The Transportation Infrastructure business vertical of Larsen & Toubro has won a large order from the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) to construct 156 Route Km (RKM) of high-speed ballastless track (Package T1) for the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Corridor. According to the company's project classification, the order is valued in the range of Rs 2,500 crore to Rs 5,000 crore. The scope includes design, supply, construction, testing & commissioning of track-works, on Des ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai, Oct 8 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked the Congress party demanding it disclose to the nation who prevented India from mounting a military response following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, which were linked to Pakistan. Speaking at a function after the opening of the first phase of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), Mumbai metro's Aqua Line and other projects, he blamed the Congress-led UPA government (2004-14) for "weakening the fight against terror," which he alleged had "paid a heavy price" on the nation. "A Congress leader, who has also b ...Read More >