All civil work contracts worth Rs 66,448cr for bullet train project bid out

NEW DELHI: The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), which is executing the first bullet train project, announced that all the civil work contracts for the project have been bid out. The last package was a 135 km of alignment between Shilphata and Zaroli village on the Maharashtra-Gujarat border, technically referred to as C3.

TOI has learnt that the awarded value of the 11 civil packages of the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project is around Rs 66,448 crore. Going by the projected time for completion of the civil works, the entire project may be ready in the next four years. The NHRSCL has floated tenders for procuring 24 E5 Series Shinkansen trainsets worth Rs 11,000 crore as the government plans to run the first train in 2027.