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Second TBM Begins Undersea Bullet Train Tunnel Beneath Thane Creek

Second TBM Begins Undersea Bullet Train Tunnel Beneath Thane Creek

A second tunnel boring machine has started excavating the rail tunnel under Thane Creek for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train, India’s first undersea rail tunnel section. Among the largest deployed in the country, the TBM uses face-stabilizing technology for safe excavation on the high-value corridor.

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Bullet train: Second tunnel boring machine begins excavation for tunnel beneath Thane creek