E5 Series Shinkansen (Japan’s Bullet Train), which will be modified for use as rolling stock of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor project | Photo Credit: -
The Heavy Civil Infrastructure business of L&T Construction has secured a contract for building 28 steel bridges for the proposed bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The order, worth about ₹ 1,000 crore to ₹2,500 crore, involves procurement, fabricate, assemble, paint and transport 28 bridges — steel truss superstructures with bearings — to various sites that will cross over roads/ rivers/ railway lines and other structures, said the company.
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The project was secured through a consortium of L&T and IHI Infrastructure Systems (IIS) of Japan.
Published on January 29, 2021
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