The process of track installation is mechanised with cutting-edge machinery, specially designed and manufactured as per Japanese specifications, it was stated.
The Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train project has received impetus after the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) procured more than 35,000 MT of rails and four sets of track construction machinery on September 13.
The NHSRCL said in a released statement that the process of flash-butt welding of rails to form 200-metre-long panels has started on the viaduct as track construction is underway near Surat and Anand cities in Gujarat.
The 508 km high-speed corridor is being constructed between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
The bullet train project is going to get a J-Slab track system based on the Japanese Shinkansen track system. This is the first time the system will be used in India, it said.
The process of track installation is mechanised with cutting-edge machinery, specially designed and manufactured as per Japanese specifications, it was stated.
As per the release, the NHSRCL has received more than 35,000 MT of rails and four sets of track construction machinery for the project.
The fleet of machines includes rail feeder cars, track slab laying and CAM-laying cars and flash-butt welding machines for track construction, it said.
To understand the methodology of Shinkansen track construction, training and certification courses were organised for Indian engineers, work leaders and technicians.