Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced on Monday, September 15, that its Transportation Infrastructure business has won a large order from the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor.
The contract involves the construction of 156 route km of high-speed ballastless track under Package T1, covering the stretch between Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex and Zaroli village in Gujarat. This includes 21 km of underground track works under civil packages C1 and C2, and 135 km on elevated viaducts under package C3.
With this order, L&T now holds responsibility for over 50% of the track works on the MAHSR corridor. Earlier, in April 2022, it had bagged Package T3 (116 km from Vadodara to Sabarmati depot).
The project will use Japanese Shinkansen J Slab Track Technology, enabling train speeds of up to 320 kmph, superior ride quality, longer service life, and improved maintainability.
S.V. Desai, Whole-time Director & Sr EVP (Civil Infrastructure), L&T, said the company’s success in the T3 package was due to rapid technology absorption, indigenisation of equipment, and value engineering—factors that will guide timely delivery of this project as well.
L&T is India’s leading player in ballastless track technology and is currently executing similar projects across metros in Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, and Jakarta.
According to L&T’s project classification, this falls under the “Large” category, valued between ₹2,500 crore and ₹5,000 crore.
