In a major engineering milestone for India’s high-speed rail corridor, a massive 1,360-tonne precast portal beam has been successfully launched over an operational railway line near Maninagar in Ahmedabad. The structure forms part of the under-construction Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project.

One of the Heaviest Lifts Over Active Railway Lines

The portal beam—measuring 34 metres in length and with a cross-section of 5.5 metres by 4.5 metres—is among the heaviest structures ever installed over active tracks of Indian Railways.