Thane Borivali Tunnel Start and End Point: Exact Locations Mapped

Almost every question we get about this project eventually narrows to one thing: where does it come out? Not the length, not the cost, not the boring machine names — the portals. Because a tunnel with no intermediate exits is, for a homebuyer, entirely defined by its two ends.

By September 2026 both ends are settled and surveyed. Over 500 structures were cleared on the Borivali side by February 2026 to make room for the approach corridor, and the Thane portal location was finalised after a documented shift in response to resident concerns. TBM Nayak has been boring from the Thane end since April 2026. The thane borivali tunnel start and end point can now be measured against a specific address rather than estimated from a press map.

Our team walked both portal areas and mapped what sits around each one. Here is the detail, end by end.

The project runs 11.84 km in total, of which roughly 10.25 km per tube is bored under Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The remaining distance — about 1 km combined — is approach road and portal structure, split between the two ends.

There are no other surface connections. Cross passages every 300 metres link the two tubes, but those are emergency egress routes between tunnels, not vehicle exits. Once you enter one portal, the other portal is the next daylight.

The Thane portal sits in the Manpada belt, on the Ghodbunder Road stretch near the Tikuji-ni-Wadi landmark. This is dense, established residential territory — not a greenfield edge — which is exactly why the portal location became a live issue.

Residents raised concerns about construction dust, noise and heavy vehicle movement through a populated pocket. MMRDA responded by moving the portal roughly 225 metres further along the alignment, towards the Satyashankar wall boundary. It is a small distance with a real effect: it pushes the heaviest construction activity and the future portal traffic away from several residential clusters that would otherwise have sat directly at the tunnel mouth.

If you are evaluating a flat in Manpada, ask which side of that 225-metre shift it sits on. Two buildings a few hundred metres apart can now have materially different construction-phase experiences and different long-term exposure to portal traffic.

What surrounds the Thane start point:

• Ghodbunder Road arterial — the receiving carriageway, running from Kapurbawdi north-west to Fountain Hotel junction
• Manpada and Tikuji-ni-Wadi residential clusters — established stock, mixed ages, wide price spread
• Kolshet Road belt — a short run off the arterial, including established Godrej addresses
• Metro Line 4 corridor — the Wadala to Kasarvadavali line runs along Ghodbunder Road
• Kapurbawdi and Majiwada junctions — the distribution points into Thane West’s internal network
• Active construction zone — year-long traffic diversions around work sites notified from mid-May

Ghodbunder Road averages around Rs 15,000 per sq ft across a band running from roughly Rs 11,000 to Rs 22,100, and rates are down about 2% over one year and 13.5% over three. For a closer look at the portal pocket specifically, see our analysis of Manpada property prices at the tunnel portal.

The Mumbai end surfaces at Magathane, in the Ekta Nagar area of Borivali East, tying directly into the Western Express Highway. This is a busier, more commercially developed setting than the Thane portal, and the approach work has been correspondingly disruptive — over 500 structures were cleared here by February 2026.

The significant feature of this end is the interchange potential. Magathane station on Mumbai Metro Line 7 sits close to the portal, which means a driver arriving from Thane can reach a metro platform quickly, and a metro passenger can reach a Thane-bound road link the same way. Few Indian urban tunnels land that neatly next to a rail node.

Knowing the two end points is only useful if you convert it into a measurement. Here is the sequence our team follows for every client on this corridor.

1. Drop a pin on both portals — Tikuji-ni-Wadi on Ghodbunder Road and Magathane on the WEH — using the published MMRDA alignment rather than a brochure map.
2. Measure the straight-line distance from your shortlisted project to the nearer portal. Under 3 km is genuine catchment; beyond 6 km the surface approach becomes the bottleneck.
3. Then drive the approach at 8:30 am. Straight-line distance and real access are different things on Ghodbunder Road, where a 2 km approach can take 15 minutes at peak.
4. Check the carriageway orientation. If reaching the portal requires a daily U-turn, that is a permanent addition to your commute that no price comparison captures.
5. Establish whether the project is inside the construction disturbance zone at the Thane end — particularly relative to the 225-metre portal shift.
6. Match the RERA possession date to the mid-2028 target so you take handover into the benefit rather than years before it.

Godrej Properties Limited, the third-party developer behind the projects we cover, holds land near both ends of this alignment. At the Thane end, the 18.5-acre Ghodbunder Road township sits on the arterial the start point feeds into. At the Borivali end, the Kandivali East cluster — including Godrej Reserve — lies within the Western Express Highway catchment the end point plugs into, one stop south of Magathane.

We at Godrej Properties MMR read that as corridor conviction rather than as a promise: the land positions predate the July 2024 foundation stone. Developer portfolio detail sits at Godrej Properties Limited.

Our verdict on the two ends: the Borivali portal lands in an expensive, already well-connected market at around Rs 32,150 per sq ft. The Thane portal lands in a market at around Rs 15,000 per sq ft that has never had this connection. The portals are equally engineered; they are not equally priced.

Q: What exactly are the thane borivali tunnel start and end point locations?

The Thane end is on Ghodbunder Road near Tikuji-ni-Wadi in Manpada, Thane West. The Borivali end is at Magathane in the Ekta Nagar area of Borivali East, connecting to the Western Express Highway. There are no other surface access points.

Q: Why was the Thane portal moved?

Residents of the surrounding Manpada pocket raised concerns about construction dust, noise and heavy vehicle movement. MMRDA shifted the portal roughly 225 metres further along the alignment, towards the Satyashankar wall, to move the heaviest activity away from homes.

Q: Is there any entry or exit in the middle of the tunnel?

No. It is a sealed point-to-point link across roughly 10.25 km of bored tunnel per tube. Cross passages every 300 metres connect the two tubes, but they are for emergency evacuation between tunnels, not for vehicles to enter or exit.

Q: Which is the better end to buy near?

It depends on your objective. Borivali East around the end point trades near Rs 32,150 per sq ft with 11.2% annual growth — stable but expensive. Ghodbunder Road near the start point is around Rs 15,000 per sq ft with more repricing potential and more timeline risk.

Q: How far from the portal should a property be to genuinely benefit?

Under 3 km is real catchment. Between 3 and 6 km the surface approach starts to consume the time saved. Beyond 6 km you are buying corridor sentiment rather than portal access, particularly on a congested arterial like Ghodbunder Road.

Q: Will the portals cause traffic congestion locally?

Some, yes. Both portals concentrate three lanes of traffic onto a single receiving road — Ghodbunder Road in Thane and the Western Express Highway in Borivali. The approach road detailing at each end will determine how well that merge performs.

Q: Are the portal locations final?

Yes, as of September 2026. The Thane portal was finalised after the 225-metre shift, and the Borivali approach corridor has been physically cleared with over 500 structures removed by February 2026. TBM Nayak has been boring from the Thane end since April 2026.

Two portals, no exits, and a 2x price gap between them. That is the whole geography of this project reduced to something you can act on. The work is in measuring your specific shortlist against those two pins — particularly at the Thane end, where a few hundred metres either side of the shifted portal changes both the construction experience and the long-term access.

Bring us a shortlist and our team will measure each project against the published portal locations, drive the approach with you at peak hour, and tell you which ones are genuinely in the catchment. Book a site visit on either end of the corridor.