SABARMATI, AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT

How we enhanced India's First Global-Standard TOD?

How we enhanced India's First Global-Standard TOD?

How we enhanced India's First Global-Standard TOD?

12+ Million

Projected annual passenger movements across the integrated transit ecosystem.

44%

of India’s GDP is anchored by cities directly connected to Sabarmati.

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Strategically positioned at the intersection of India's first High-Speed Rail corridor, conventional rail, metro connectivity, BRTS, road networks, and regional transportation infrastructure.

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As India’s first TOD, we are converting passenger flow into a sustainable - vibrant urban ecosystem by integrating retail, F&B, hospitality, offices, and entertainment. The Sabarmati TOD model (HSR, IR, Metro, BRT, Luxury Bus, Cabs) is now ready to be scaled across transit projects and urban hubs throughout the nation

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SABARMATI, AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT

THOTH'S ROLE

Concessionaire & Ecosystem Integrator

Founded

2025

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THE PROJECT

An integrated mobility and development ecosystem

Sabarmati High-Speed Rail Hub is being developed as a Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) anchored around India's first bullet train station.

Rather than viewing transit as a standalone infrastructure asset, the project brings together mobility, commerce, workplaces, hospitality, public amenities, and sustainability into a single integrated ecosystem. The development is designed to serve passengers, visitors, businesses, and the surrounding catchment area while maximizing the value generated by movement.

By combining multiple modes of transportation with mixed-use development, Sabarmati becomes more than a station. It becomes an urban destination and a regional economic catalyst.

THE CHALLENGE

Rethinking infrastructure as an economic platform

India is investing heavily in transportation infrastructure, yet much of the economic value created by passenger movement remains fragmented or uncaptured.

Traditional station developments often function as transfer points where people arrive and leave as quickly as possible. Commercial activity remains disconnected, last-mile dependency increases friction, and surrounding land value potential is underutilized.

Without a deliberate strategy, transportation assets risk becoming cost centers rather than economic multipliers.

The Solution

Movement → Dwell → Spend → Return

Thoth's approach is built around a simple principle:

Movement → Dwell → Spend → Return

The development integrates high-speed rail, conventional rail, metro systems, road networks, retail, hospitality, offices, services, public spaces, and sustainable infrastructure into a single operating ecosystem.

Every layer is designed around how people move, spend time, access services, and interact with the destination before, during, and after transit.

This creates a seamless experience for users while generating multiple revenue streams that extend beyond transportation alone.

The Results

Transforming Infrastructure into Long-Term Value

Sabarmati establishes a replicable framework for the future of urban infrastructure in India.

The project demonstrates how transportation investments can support commercial growth, increase dwell time, improve passenger experience, attract businesses, enhance surrounding land values, and create sustainable long-term economic activity.

More importantly, it serves as the first full-scale expression of Thoth's vision: building integrated mobility hubs that help shape India's transition toward a connected, sustainable, and economically productive future.

We stand where a passenger can get off a bullet train, ride the metro to a meeting in GIFT CIty, come back, attend a meeting here, ink a deal, celebrate it with a great meal with colleagues, shop for loved ones, relax by the river, stay at a fantastic hotel, next day travel in a state of the art EV bus, offer prayers at one of India’s holiest sites, come back and go home back through a bullet train without feeling tired. This is the promise of TOD.

We stand where a passenger can get off a bullet train, ride the metro to a meeting in GIFT CIty, come back, attend a meeting here, ink a deal, celebrate it with a great meal with colleagues, shop for loved ones, relax by the river, stay at a fantastic hotel, next day travel in a state of the art EV bus, offer prayers at one of India’s holiest sites, come back and go home back through a bullet train without feeling tired. This is the promise of TOD.

Sunil Tandon

CHAIRMAN - THOTH INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD.