New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited signed an settlement right now with Larsen & Toubro Limited for Design, Supply and Construction of Track and Track-related Works, together with Testing and Commissioning for Double Line High Speed Railway within the state of Maharashtra.
According to the discharge, totalling about 157 route km alignment, the entire alignment between Mumbai Bullet Train station and Zaroli village on the Maharashtra-Gujarat border additionally consists of the monitor works for 4 (04) stations and a rolling stock depot at Thane.
Work on monitor building in Gujarat (below packages T-2 & T-3) is progressing quickly on greater than 200 km of viaduct. All three monitor building work-related packages have been awarded to Indian corporations, thus growing India’s total experience and know-how in high-speed rail monitor building expertise, as acknowledged within the launch.
Furthermore, it was talked about that the ballast-less slab monitor system, as utilized in Japan’s HSR (Shinkansen), is getting used for India’s first HSR challenge (MAHSR). This monitor system consists of 4 important elements, viz: RC Track Bed, Cement Asphalt Mortar (CAM), Pre-cast Track Slab and Rails with Fasteners.
Under an MOU with NHSRCL, the Japan Railway Technical Service (JARTS) has performed complete coaching and certification applications for Indian engineers, work leaders, supervisors, and technicians.
Covering 15 specialised modules, these applications targeted on key areas reminiscent of monitor slab manufacturing, RC monitor mattress building, slab monitor set up, and CAM set up. Under the T-2 and T-3 packages in Gujarat, round 436 engineers have already been educated in these superior strategies.
An identical initiative is deliberate below this package deal to coach engineers and supervisors in Maharashtra earlier than the graduation of monitor works.
As of September 8 2025, vital progress has been made on the challenge. The viaduct building has reached 320 km, whereas pier works and pier foundations have been accomplished over distances of 397 km and 408 km, respectively.
In phrases of infrastructure, 17 river bridges, 9 metal bridges, and numerous pre-stressed concrete bridges have been finalised.
Additionally, roughly 4 lakh noise limitations have been put in alongside a 203 km stretch. The monitor mattress building has seen completion over 202 monitor km, and 1800 OHE masts have been put in, masking round 44 km of the mainline viaduct. Work is at present ongoing on a 21 km tunnel connecting BKC to Shilphata in Maharashtra, and excavation actions for seven mountain tunnels in Palghar district are in progress.
Furthermore, the superstructure work for all stations in Gujarat is at a sophisticated stage, with work initiated on all three elevated stations. Meanwhile, base slab casting on the Mumbai underground station in Maharashtra is actively underway. (ANI)