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 valued 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.
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