Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Corridor: Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has shared the glimpse of Terminal for India’s first bullet train ‘Sabarmati multimodal transport hub, in Ahmedabad’, because the under-construction Mumbai-Ahmedabad excessive velocity rail hall advances.
Taking to Twitter, Ashwini Vaishnaw wrote, “Terminal for India’s first bullet train! Sabarmati multimodal transport hub, Ahmedabad”. Take a glance.
India’s first bullet train undertaking being constructed by NHSRCL
- National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), is constructing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train hall. So far, 100 kilometres of viaducts and 230 kilometres of pier work had been accomplished for the bold undertaking.
- The milestone of building of 100 km of viaducts has been achieved by way of launching of 40-metre lengthy ‘full span field girders’ and ‘segmental girders’. The viaducts embody bridges over six Gujarat rivers, particularly Par and Auranga in Valsad district, in addition to Purna, Mindhola, Ambika and Venganiya in Navsari district.
- “The first girder of the project was launched on November 25, 2021, while the first kilometre of viaduct was ready in six months on June 30, 2022. It achieved construction of 50 kilometres of viaduct on April 22, 2023 and, thereafter, in six months 100 kilometres of viaduct were completed,” the NHSRCL mentioned.
- “The Full Span Launching technique (FSLM), where 40-metre long box girders are launched by state-of-the-art equipment, is being used along with span-by-span launching of segments. FSLM is 10 times faster than the span-by-span method, which is normally used to build metro viaducts,” it added.
- According to the NHSRCL, aside from the viaduct work, 250 kilometres of pier work has additionally been accomplished for the undertaking, whereas set up of noise limitations has begun alongside the constructed viaduct.
- “Besides this, the laying of the first reinforced concrete (RC) track bed for the Mumbai Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor track system as used in the Japanese Shinkansen has also started in Surat,” the NHSRCL mentioned.
Bullet train undertaking value
The complete value of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor undertaking is pegged at Rs 1.08 lakh crore. As per the shareholding sample, the Union authorities can pay Rs 10,000 crore to the NHSRCL, whereas Gujarat and Maharashtra are to pay Rs 5,000 crore every.
The relaxation of the fee is by approach of a mortgage at 0.1 per cent curiosity from Japan. The basis of the bullet train undertaking was laid in Ahmedabad in September 2017.
The train is anticipated to cowl a distance of greater than 500 km in round two hours.
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