<p>L&T on Thursday said its construction arm has won a large contract for the bullet train project.</p>.<p>L&T Construction has bagged the project from National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL).</p>.<p>"The railways business of L&T Construction has secured a·contract from NHSRCL to construct 116 route km of High-Speed ballastless track works for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project, popularly referred to as the bullet train project," the company said in a statement.</p>.<p>Upon completion, this slab track system will enable trains to travel at a speed of up to 320 kilometers per hour.</p>.<p>A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of ties/sleepers and ballast is replaced by a rigid construction of concrete or asphalt.</p>.<p>The scope of work includes design, supply, construction and testing and commissioning track works on a design-build lump sum price basis for the double line high speed railway between Vadodara and Sabarmati in Gujarat.</p>.<p>As per the company, a contract valued at Rs 2,500-5,000 crore is a large order.</p>.<p>Japanese Shinkansen track technology will be adopted in this project.</p>.<p>At present, the company is executing various ballastless track projects in multiple metro projects in India and overseas.</p>
<p>L&T on Thursday said its construction arm has won a large contract for the bullet train project.</p>.<p>L&T Construction has bagged the project from National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL).</p>.<p>"The railways business of L&T Construction has secured a·contract from NHSRCL to construct 116 route km of High-Speed ballastless track works for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project, popularly referred to as the bullet train project," the company said in a statement.</p>.<p>Upon completion, this slab track system will enable trains to travel at a speed of up to 320 kilometers per hour.</p>.<p>A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of ties/sleepers and ballast is replaced by a rigid construction of concrete or asphalt.</p>.<p>The scope of work includes design, supply, construction and testing and commissioning track works on a design-build lump sum price basis for the double line high speed railway between Vadodara and Sabarmati in Gujarat.</p>.<p>As per the company, a contract valued at Rs 2,500-5,000 crore is a large order.</p>.<p>Japanese Shinkansen track technology will be adopted in this project.</p>.<p>At present, the company is executing various ballastless track projects in multiple metro projects in India and overseas.</p>