SYSTRA and DB Engineering & Consulting have been officially selected by the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) to carry out the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract for systems on the new Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail line.
The joint venture will see the companies handle a PMC assignment for the deployment of railway systems along the high-speed line, which is set to span 508 kilometres in length and serve the main business and residential centres of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
The PMC aims to cover the installation of signalling and telecommunications systems, real-time ticketing and control equipment (SCADA), with system equipment set to be supplied by the DRA Infracon-Siemens joint venture.
Hari Somalraju, Managing Director SYSTRA India, said:This contract reinforces SYSTRA’s status as a global leader in high-speed rail engineering. With references around the world and involvement in the design of one in two high-speed rail lines, we have all the expertise required to complete India’s first high-speed rail line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
We are proud to contribute to this major project for the development of India, where we have been established for nearly 70 years.
Forming India’s first high-speed rail line; the new lines will see trains connect Mumbai to Ahmedabad at an average speed of 250km/h and a maximum speed of 320km/h – reducing journey times from 6 hours to 2 hours and 7 minutes.
