The Bandra Kurla Complex high-speed railway station (BKC HSR station) is an under-construction underground railway terminus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is being built as the southern terminus of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor, India's first high-speed rail line. The station is located within the Bandra Kurla Complex, a major commercial district in Mumbai's G/North ward.
| Type | High-speed railway station (underground) |
|---|---|
| Location | Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Country | India |
| Line | Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor |
| Owner / executing agency | National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) |
| Status | Under construction |
| Structure | Underground terminus |
The station is being constructed as the Mumbai end of the high-speed rail line connecting Mumbai with Ahmedabad in Gujarat. It is the only fully underground station planned on the corridor, with the rest of the alignment running primarily on viaducts. The corridor is being implemented by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), a special purpose vehicle of the Government of India, with technical and financial assistance from Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and uses Japanese Shinkansen technology.
The Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor was approved by the Government of India in 2015 and formally launched in September 2017. The corridor's alignment in Mumbai required an underground station because of the dense urban environment in BKC, a planned business district developed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). Land allocation for the station within BKC was a subject of prolonged discussion between the central government, the Government of Maharashtra and MMRDA, and was finalised after a change in state government in 2022, following which the project regained momentum in Maharashtra.
The station is being built as a deep underground facility with multiple platforms designed to handle Shinkansen-type high-speed trainsets. Construction involves diaphragm wall work, deep excavation and base slab casting, executed under contracts awarded by NHSRCL to Indian construction firms. The station box is designed to integrate with surface-level commercial development in BKC and to provide connectivity with other transport modes in the area, including the Mumbai Metro and suburban rail at nearby stations.
As the Mumbai terminus of India's first high-speed rail project, the station is intended to anchor passenger movement on the corridor, which connects two of India's largest economic centres. Its underground configuration, made necessary by Mumbai's land constraints, makes it a technically distinctive component of the corridor and one of the deepest railway stations being built in the country.