Mumbai-based Larsen & Toubro emerged as lowest bidder for a 508-km, $3.3-billion bullet train project, a signal that India will build its first high-speed rail project using local capability, and was awarded a 237-km sector.

孟买到达 - 阿哈迈达巴德项目吸引了四个投标人,所有印度公司。其他的则是AFCONS基础设施,IRCON International和NCC-Tata Project-J Kumar Infra Projects-HSR联盟。18luck官网

Larsen&Toubro在VAPI和VADODAR之间的项目部分包括四个高架站,一个火车仓库和一个88公里长的高架桥。

“As in other economic sectors, the government has decided to pursue the ideal of self-reliance and encourage Indian companies in all the high-speed projects,” says a senior official at the Indian Ministry of Railways.

印度铁路部的消息来源表示,日本公司为政府项目所有者,国家高速铁路公司(National High Speed Rail Corp.)的设计,工程和建设所收取的价格太陡峭了。

所有者计划计划八个高速项目,总计170亿美元。18luck官网一部分是137.2亿美元,将以日本国际合作局的软贷款形式出现,政府机构,每年的利率为0.1%。

其他七个项目正在进行可行性研究,以连接其他城市:德里 - 阿姆里察(Delhi-Amritsar),瓦拉纳18luck官网斯 - 科尔卡塔(Varanasi-Kolkata),德里 - 瓦拉纳西(Delhi-Varanasi),德里 - 阿希迈达巴德(Delhi-Ahmedab​​ad),孟买 - 赫德巴德(Mimbai-Hyderabad),孟买 - 纳格普尔(Mimbai-Nagpur)和钦奈 - 莫索尔(Chennai-Mysore)。

日本公司有望为孟买 - 阿哈迈达巴德沿线的高速火车提供机车和教练,尽管印度政府仍然可以选择进行国际竞标以获得最佳的价格报价。观察家说,政府希望将中国公司拒之门外,这些公司通常是低价的。

朝着自力更生的举动意义重大,因为印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪(Narendra Modi)与前日本总理安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)和中国总统习近平(XI Jinping)进行了几次讨论,以在高速铁路项目中提供帮助。18luck官网

但是最近与中国发生的边界促使印度政府减少外国依赖,并在制造,建筑和其他领域发展当地的能力。该决定可能会影响中国的计划,该计划建造了另一条高速铁路线,将印度首都德里与钦奈南部大都市联系起来。

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed route is expected to reduce the travel time between the two cities to less than two hours compared to the current time of more than seven hours. There will be a dozen stations and two rail depots.

该项目的工作始于2010年,由法国咨询公司Systra,Rail India技术和经济服务局以及意大利的Italfer新利luck进行的一项预期性研究。它预计在2021年使用高速线和20410万乘客的乘客预计约2660万乘客。

Larsen & Toubro's railway construction business segment "has played a lead role in constructing India's first monorail system at Mumbai and also brings in extensive experience of working on large-scale underground rail infrastructure,” the company’s website says.

But it makes no mention about its experience in design and construction of high-speed rail. This has led to some speculation that the firm will award subcontracts directly to foreign companies or to Indian firms that have collaborations with foreign players.

另一个挑战涉及收购铁路路线。该项目所有者需要从两个印度州马哈拉施特拉邦和古吉拉特邦的农民那里收购2,000多公顷土地。但这是一个缓慢而困难的过程,农民对薪酬速度不满意并在法院挑战,从而延迟了工作。

In one district, Navsari, the owner needs to acquire 92 hectares of land and has managed to buy only 5.26 hectares. Strong support from the government has not helped relieve resistance from farmers. In other places, only 20% of required land has been acquired.