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

Published on 14 Jun 2023

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India's First Twin-Track Undersea Rail Tunnel To Be Built in Thane Creek
  • 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.
Source: SarkariPariksha