CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Larsen & Toubro won the contract to laid ballastless tracks for nearly a 36km elevated stretch on Chennai’s phase 2 metro corridors from Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) for Rs 340.6 crore.
According to a press release from CMRL, L&T will lay tracks and complete all related work between CMBT and Sholinganallur covering nearly 26km on corridor 5 and from Sholinganallur to Sipcot on corridor 3 of phase-2.
Supplying head-hardened rails, turnouts, and fasteners, and installing ballastless tracks in elevated sections, including 35 metro station locations, pocket tracks, and stabling lines of phase 2 are all part of L&T’s work.
The company is also working on five different phases of phase-2 corridor construction.