Surat HSR station becomes first on Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor to complete concourse and rail level slab

AHMEDABAD: The Surat High-Speed Rail (HSR) Station has become the first station on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor to complete the concourse and rail level slab.
The station's 450-meter-long concourse and rail level slab have been completed.

The first slab at the Surat HSR station was cast in August 2022, and the last slab was cast on August 21, 2023.The concourse was completed within a period of one year, and both the concourse and rail level slab casting are now complete.
In mid-July, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) awarded the last civil package for 135 kilometers of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR alignment, including seven tunnels and the longest bridge of two kilometers over the Vaitarna River in the state of Maharashtra.
With this, all three civil packages for the construction of the Mumbai (BKC) HSR station, 21 kilometers of tunnel including seven kilometers of undersea tunnel, and 135 kilometers of alignment of the MAHSR corridor have been awarded.
This also marks the award of all 11 civil packages for the 508-kilometer-long MAHSR corridor, which includes 465 kilometers of viaducts, 12 HSR stations, three rolling stock depots, 28 steel bridges comprising 10 kilometers of viaduct, 24 river bridges, nine tunnels, including India's first 7-kilometer-long undersea tunnel.
The MAHSR corridor is divided into 28 contract packages, out of which 11 are civil packages. These were awarded in a span of 33 months. The first civil contract for the construction of 237 kilometers of viaducts, including four HSR stations (Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, and Bharuch) and the Surat rolling stock depot in the state of Gujarat, was awarded on October 28, 2020. The last civil contract for 135 kilometers of viaduct with three HSR stations (Thane, Virar, and Boisar) in the state of Maharashtra was awarded on Wednesday.
To expedite the construction of viaducts, full-span girders of 40 meters in length weighing 970 tons have been launched. This technology is about 10 times faster than the conventional segment launching technology and has provided a new dimension to the construction industry, NHSRCL officials said.