Vadodara: The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) which is implementing the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project has opened technical bids for two contract packages for construction of bridges for high speed rail (HSR) corridor in Gujarat as well union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
So far, five bidders have submitted their bids for the package to construct one prestressed concrete bridge and four steel truss bridges between Vadodara and Ahmedabad stretch. The technical bid was opened on Friday.
URC construction (P) Ltd, Ranjit Buildcon Limited, KEC – SAM India JV, M G Contractors Pvt Ltd and GRIL–GPT’s joint venture have submitted bids for this package.
Vadodara posed project’s biggest engineering challenge for NHSRCL
Vadodara: The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) will be saving at least Rs 2,000 crore with re-alignment in Vadodara alignment of the high-speed rail corridor.
Instead of the original plan of constructing the HSR station by dismantling the existing platform 6 of Vadodara railway station, the station will now come up at platform 7.
Vadodara posed the project’s biggest engineering challenge for NHSRCL.
“Apart from construction challenges, the overall cost has also gone down conservatively by Rs 2,000 crore. The earlier estimate was in the range of Rs 4,000 crore to Rs 4,500 crore,” said Achal Khare, managing director of NHSRCL.
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NEW DELHI: The “lurch”, a sideways rocking movement Indians have learnt to balance while walking or standing in trains, will be a thing of the past in bullet trains even at 320 kmph. The E 5 Series Shinkansen will “compensate” for any roll and will also be modified to meet harsh Indian hot weather conditions and omnipresent dust. Managing director of the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) Achal Khare explained the lurch control:“When you travel by train and negotiate a curve, you will feel some kind of lurch.
They have sensors fitted at the bogie level and the sensors will sense the curve ahead in advance and then will actuate a hydraulically operated cylinder to neutralize the lurch. This is important from a passenger comfort point of view,” he said. He said there is a discussion on with rolling stock manufacturers and consultants to fine tune design.
IRFC open to fund extended network of ‘bullet train’
February 16, 2021
Pvt players approach IRFC to raise finance to run private high speed trains
The finance arm of the Indian Railways, Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) is in talks with the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) to finance the extended portion of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail Project.
“The NHSRCL has already approached IRFC for further financing of the project or some financing for future projects. We are open to finance them for the extended projects. They are already in talks with IRFC for financing because of least cost funding,” Amitabh Banerjee, Chairman and Managing Director, IRFC, informed during an interaction on the sidelines of the listing ceremony of the company’s $750 million bonds on IndiaINX at GIFT IFSC recently.