Homemade bullet trains may belt down specialised railway corridors in the not-too-distant-future. According to two people aware of developments, the Centre is mulling an upgradation of its existing semi-high-speed Vande Bharat trains to high-speed status for the next round of its bullet train project. “Following the success of Vande Bharat, under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, Indian Railways has now …
Mumbai: The construction of Thane, Virar and Boisar stations of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail will start soon. The works will also include construction of the three stations, six tunnels and the longest bridge of 2km over Vaitarna River on this high-speed rail line. “With this, all three civil packages within Maharashtra that include construction of BKC station, 21 km-long tunnels, …
Larsen and Toubro -IHI Infrastructure Systems Consortium has emerged as the lowest bidder for the procurement and fabrication of 28 steel bridges for crossing over lines, rivers, highways and other structures for the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project, officials said on Friday. National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited spokesperson Sushma Gaur in a statement said that the financial …
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