Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Advances Across Thane-Palghar Construction Section
A new high-speed railway is being built between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
One important part runs through Maharashtra’s Thane and Palghar districts.
This section will be 135.45 kilometres long and mostly elevated above the ground.
Workers are building tracks, bridges, tunnels and stations.
Stations are planned at Thane, Virar and Boisar.
Some of the railway’s supports, called piers, are already finished.
Three mountain tunnels have been dug through completely, but more work is still needed inside them.
The project is designed to bring high-speed rail connectivity to India.
Construction is underway on a 135.45-kilometre elevated section from Shilphata in Thane to Zaroli near the Maharashtra-Gujarat border.
The section includes 124.027 kilometres of viaducts and bridges and three elevated stations at Thane, Virar and Boisar.
About 74 kilometres of piers are complete, while pier construction continues across more than 100 kilometres of the route.
Three of the section’s seven mountain tunnels have achieved breakthrough, with lining, drainage and waterproofing work underway.
Major structures include bridges over the Ulhas, Vaitarna and Jagani rivers, along with 12 steel bridges and other crossings.
- Who
- The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project, with construction highlighted by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
- What
- Construction of a 135.45-kilometre elevated high-speed rail section, including viaducts, bridges, tunnels and three stations.
- When
- Construction is currently underway.
- Where
- From Shilphata in Thane to Zaroli village near the Maharashtra-Gujarat border, through Thane and Palghar districts.
- Why
- To expand next-generation railway infrastructure and introduce high-speed rail connectivity in India.
- Section length
- 135.45 kilometres
- Viaducts and bridges
- 124.027 kilometres
- Elevated stations
- Three: Thane, Virar and Boisar
- Mountain tunnels
- Seven in total; three have achieved breakthrough
- Completed piers
- Around 74 kilometres
- Major river bridges
- 460 metres over the Ulhas River, 2.32 kilometres over the Vaitarna River and 510 metres over the Jagani River
- Construction equipment
- Nine casting yards, seven full-span launching gantries and eight SBS launching gantries