Phase 1 of the Surat Multi-Modal Transport Hub (MMTH), the project rebuilding Surat railway station into one interchange for trains, intercity buses, city buses and the metro, has crossed 51% completion. Phase 2, a 5-km elevated road, stands at 42%. The target for the whole project is December 2027, DeshGujarat and Gujarat Samachar reported on 18 September.
What is being built
The Railways ministry, the Gujarat government and Surat Municipal Corporation are developing the hub through a joint company, Surat Integrated Transportation Development Corporation Ltd (SITCO). The Phase 1 contract, worth Rs 877.78 crore, covers new station buildings on the east and west sides, a concourse joining them, a GSRTC intercity bus terminal and a GSRTC workshop. Phase 2, worth Rs 372.91 crore, is the elevated road corridor meant to take traffic around the station area. Planners expect the finished hub to handle more than 6.25 lakh passengers a day, with 40 lifts and 70 escalators.
A year behind the earlier target
In December 2023, SITCO’s managing director told DeshGujarat that the project had faced delays but was on course for December 2026. The new date is December 2027, a slip of one year. Phase 2 was due to start in early 2024 at an estimated Rs 500 crore; the contract figure now reported is Rs 372.91 crore.
The component figures show which parts will arrive first:
- GSRTC bus terminal: 90% complete
- GSRTC workshop: 75%
- East station building: 45%
- Concourse: 43%
- Elevated road: 605 of 795 piles, 110 of 160 pile caps, 90 of 174 piers and 183 of 394 girders done
The bus side is close to finished. The railway side, which commuters use most, is below half. On the elevated road, contractors have finished most of the foundation work but only about half the piers, and fewer than half the girders that will carry the deck.
What it means for Surat commuters
If you use Surat station or the roads around it, expect construction barricades and diversions through at least 2027. Girder erection on an elevated road usually needs night closures below, and more than 200 girders remain to be cast.
The payoff is a single stop where a passenger from a Saurashtra ST bus can walk to a train, a BRTS bus or, later, the metro without crossing traffic.
What to watch
- Whether GSRTC opens the new bus terminal ahead of the station buildings, now that it is 90% built.
- Girder progress on Phase 2, the clearest signal of whether December 2027 holds.
- The metro link, which the project plans for but which depends on Surat Metro’s own timeline.
Sources: DeshGujarat, Gujarat Samachar, DeshGujarat (December 2023)
This report was compiled and written with AI assistance from publicly reported sources, and reviewed for accuracy.