L&T Construction bags contract for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

L&T on Thursday said its construction arm bagged a contract for the Mumbai-Ahemdabad bullet train project from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL).

"The railways business of L&T Construction has secured a contract from NHSRCL to construct 116 km route of High-Speed ballastless track works for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project, popularly referred to as the bullet train project," the company said in a statement. Upon completion, this slab track system will enable trains to travel at a speed of up to 320 kilometre 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 in Gujarat.