L&T CONSTRUCTION TO BUILD ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEM WORKS FOR MUMBAI-AHMEDABAD HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT

The Railway Strategic Business Group of L&T Construction has secured a Mega Contract from an authorised Japanese agency to construct 508 Route Km of High-Speed Electrification System Works (Package No: EW 1) for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project, popularly referred to as the Bullet Train Project.

The scope of this package includes the design, manufacture, supply, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of a 2 x 25 kv power supply electrification system including traction substations, high-speed overhead equipment and mv/lv power distribution equipment works on a design-build lump sum price basis.

It is a first-of-its-kind railway electrification project for India involving the implementation of Japanese Shinkansen High-Speed Electrification Technology with sophisticated equipment including a heavy compound catenary system, change over switches, etc.

The project is being funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and is being implemented by an authorised Japanese agency acting for and on behalf of the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL).