Blue Star enters railway electrification market and receives four orders

23 Mar 2023 CW Team

Blue Star announced that it had effectively expanded its market share in the railroads sector and made its entry into the railway electrification area by securing orders for railway electrification totaling Rs 5.75 billion.

Several notable clients, including the West Central Railway (Kota Division), Central Organization for Railway Electrification (CORE), and Metro Railway, Kolkata, have awarded the company four orders for the electrification of railways.

With its exceptional project management skills and experience working on a variety of HVAC&R and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) projects, Blue Star is in a perfect position to take advantage of the expanding prospects in the railway electrification area.

The company said it obtained an order for the design, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of 132/55 kV traction substation, sectioning posts (SPs) and sub-sectioning posts (SSPs) of 2X25 kV at feeding system for the Gangapur City to Ramganjmandi section of Kota division, West Central Railway. Second, it has a contract for the design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning of a 132/55 kV traction substation, SPs, and SSPs of 2X25 kV at the feeding system for the Kota division's West Nagda-Kota section.

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