INDIA: National High-Speed Rail Corp has awarded the final civil works contract for the Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed line to Larsen & Toubro.
The contract signed on August 10 is the last of the 11 civil works packages for the 508 km corridor.
The 135 km long Shilphata – Zaroli section of the elevated high speed line will include stations at Thane, Virar and Boisar, seven tunnels and a 2 km bridge over the River Vaitarna which will be the longest on the route.
INDIA: As work continues on the 300 km/h Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed line, Indian Railways has begun the development of indigenous trains suitable for operation on existing corridors at up to 250 km/h. Under the terms of the Japan International Co-operation Agency loans being used ...
INDIA: Integral Coach Factory in Chennai has awarded BEML an Rs8·67bn contract to design, manufacture and commission two 280 km/h high speed trainsets. BEML said order for the first indigenously designed and manufactured high speed trains which was announced on October 15 ‘marks a significant milestone ...
INDIA: A highly automated facility for the local production of Japanese J-slab ballastless track components has opened in Anand, southeast of Ahmedabad. Opened on September 30, the factory will produce the ballastless reinforced concrete trackbed for a 116 km section of double-track on the 508 km ...
