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The Hindu Bureau

All civil contracts for bullet train project awarded, says National High-Speed Rail Corporation

The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has awarded the last civil package (C3) of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor project, a 135-km route which includes seven tunnels and a 2-km long bridge over Vaitarna river in Maharashtra.

“With this, all three civil packages of Maharashtra portion - construction of Mumbai (Bandra Kurla Complex) station (C1), 21-km tunnel including a 7-km undersea portion (C2) and 135-km alignment (C3) of MAHSR have been awarded,” said NHSRCL spokesperson.

Trains are slated to start their run by August 2026. They expected to run at 320 km/hour.

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