Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has officially revealed India’s first-ever bullet train terminal located at the Sabarmati Multimodal Transport Hub in Ahmedabad. vaishnaw shared a video of the terminal, featuring state-of-the-art design elements. This project is being carried out with substantial technical and financial support from the Government of Japan. The video, shared by Minister Vaishnaw, provided a glimpse of the fusion of modern architectural elements and cultural heritage embodied in the terminal.

Sabarmati Multimodal Transport Hub: Some special features

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  • The twin-structured Hub building has designated spaces for offices, commercial developments, and retail outlets catering to passengers.
  • To facilitate easy access to the Hub building, dedicated pick-up and drop-off bays, along with ample parking space for private cars, taxis, buses, autos, and two-wheelers, have been established. This ensures smooth passenger movement and traffic flow in the HSR station’s influence area.
  • The Hub building features a dedicated Concourse Floor (at the third-floor level) for passengers, offering amenities such as waiting areas, retail spaces, and restaurants. Above the concourse floor, the building blocks are divided into two separate segments, Block A and Block B, with interconnecting terraces at two levels.
  • Block A, with six floors above the concourse, is reserved for future office space, while Block B, with four floors, is designed to house a hotel facility complete with rooms, banquet halls, conference rooms, a swimming pool, and a restaurant.
  • For seamless passenger interchange between Indian Railways and HSR, a Ticket Counter facility for Indian Railways is also provided in the Hub concourse. In homage to the historical context of Sabarmati, a large stainless steel mural depicting the famous Dandi March movement has been crafted on the southern façade of the building.
  • Embracing sustainable practices, the Hub incorporates various Green building features, including the installation of solar panels on terraces, extensive landscape terraces and gardens, efficient water fixtures, energy-efficient air conditioning, and lighting fixtures. The design ensures ample natural light and scenic views in most occupied areas throughout the entire building.
  • The proposed Hub building is strategically designed to establish connectivity to the High-Speed Rail (HSR) Station, both sides of Western Railway Stations, Metro Station, and Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) through Foot Overbridges (FOBs).

Key details of the FOBs include:

FOB 1: Connects the Hub building to the Sabarmati (Meter gauge) Railway station and HSR Stations, equipped with travellators for passenger convenience.

FOB 2: Provides connectivity between the Unpaid concourse of the Hub building and the unpaid concourse of the Metro Station and the BRTS stand.

FOB 3: Links the Unpaid concourse of HSR stations with the Railway Platforms of Sabarmati broad gauge railway station.

More about Sabarmati Multimodal Transport Hub:

The Sabarmati High-Speed Rail (HSR) Station is strategically positioned within a railway yard, situated between the Sabarmati (SBI and SBT) Indian Railway stations. Additionally, it is conveniently located near two Metro stations and a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) stop. This hub is designed to seamlessly connect the HSR line with Indian Railways, Metro stations, and the BRT system, all within a short walking distance for effortless transfers. Additionally, three-foot overbridges (FOBs) equipped with travellators will be constructed to link the Hub building with the Sabarmati HSR station, both Sabarmati Railway stations, the Metro station, and the BRTS stand.

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