L&T Construction Bags Contract For Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project

The construction arm of India's largest engineering firm has won a contract for the country's first bullet train project.

The railways business of L&T Construction has secured a contract from National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. to construct 116 route km of high-speed ballastless track works for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, according to a statement on Thursday.

Upon completion, this slab track system will enable trains to travel at a speed of up to 320 km per hour.

A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of ties/sleepers and ballast is replaced by a rigid construction of concrete or asphalt.

The scope of work includes design, supply, construction and testing and commissioning track works on a design-build lump sum price basis for the double-line high-speed railway between Vadodara and Sabarmati.

According to L&T, a contract d at Rs 2,500-5,000 crore is a large order.

Japanese Shinkansen track technology will be adopted in this project.

At present, the company is executing various ballastless track projects in multiple metro projects in India and overseas.