India's First Twin-Track Undersea Rail Tunnel To Be Built in Thane Creek

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: June 14 2023

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India's first 7-km-long twin-track undersea rail tunnel to be built in Thane Creek.
The nearly 7-km undersea tunnel at Thane Creek, situated in the inter-tidal zone, will be the first undersea rail tunnel in India.
It is a part of a 21-km-long tunnel on Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor (Bullet train corrdor) that will connect the underground station at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to Shilphata in Maharashtra.
It will consist of a single tube accommodating twin tracks for both up and down trains.
The depth of the tunnel will between 25 to 65 metres below the ground level.

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India's First Twin-Track Undersea Rail Tunnel To Be Built in Thane Creek