Project sites of country’s first bullet train to be open to young engineers for first-hand experience: Rail Corporation

The NHSRCL said in a statement, “Engineering and technical institutes have been invited to participate in educational visits to Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train construction sites.

Under this programme, the young engineers will gain first-hand understanding of the bullet train project’s construction methodology, observe ongoing works such as viaduct construction, station building, bridge construction, overhead electrification, track works etc. Such exposure will allow them to understand the scale, complexity and precision involved in building India’s first bullet train project.”

The NHSRCL said it would organise “guided tours” to the construction sites and interactive sessions with project engineers and site management teams is the core component of this initiative. “These interactions will enable the engineers to develop a deeper understanding of such large scale infrastructure projects. It will be a unique platform to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practical insights… Special emphasis will be given to showcase quality assurance and safety practices being followed at bullet train construction sites,” NHSRCL said.

The institutions showing interest will have to clear the eligibility parameters to be able to visit the site locations available on the NHSRCL website in coordination with the high speed rail corporation.

Out of the 508 km, 323 km viaduct and 399 km pier work has been completed so far. The route has also seen completion of 17 River bridges, which includes five pre-stressed concrete and nine Steel bridges.

The NHSRCL has also installed more than four lakh noise barriers along 210-km of stretch of the completed track bed. The excavation work on seven mountain tunnels in Palghar district is in progress in Maharashtra while five kilometres of NATM tunnel out of 21 km of tunnel between Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and Shilphata in Maharashtra has been excavated. The construction of Rolling Stock depots at Surat and Ahmedabad are also in progress. The superstructure work on all stations in Gujarat is at an advanced stage. Work has started on all three elevated stations and base slab casting at Mumbai underground station in Maharashtra is in progress.

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