Eastern Railway Ranaghat-Krishnanagar Third-Line Tender, West Bengal

Eastern Railway has floated a ₹252.88 crore EPC tender to build the third line between Ranaghat Junction and Krishnanagar Junction in Nadia, West Bengal, with bids open until 22 September 2026.

This is a heavy-civil railway job on one of the busiest corridors in southern Bengal. If your firm has laid railway formation or built minor bridges for a Railway zone before, the Eastern Railway third-line tender should be on your radar.

The corridor and the work

The contract is the execution of a third broad-gauge line between Ranaghat Junction and Krishnanagar Junction, starting from about Km 75.210. It comes as a single EPC package, so the winning bidder handles design and build together across earthwork, bridges and track. The tender documents run to bridge layouts, RCC ducts, foundation and substructure drawings, and the usual formation and drainage details that go with adding a line alongside a live track. Reference number is EPC-03-CAO-C-ER-2026 and the estimated cost is ₹252.88 crore.

Machines you will keep busy

Formation work along an existing alignment means excavators and tippers moving cut and fill, with soil compactors and a motor grader shaping the bank to level. Bridge and RUB work brings in piling rigs, cranes for girder and slab handling, and concrete plant for substructures and decks. Working next to running trains adds its own discipline: shorter blocks, tighter access and careful spoil management. Owners who hire compactors, cranes and tippers to railway contractors can expect long utilisation on a job that stretches over kilometres of formation.

Who should put in a bid

Eastern Railway is after a railway-approved civil contractor with formation and bridge experience, and the financial standing to block an earnest money deposit of ₹5.06 crore before the price bid opens. There is no tender fee, which trims the entry cost. A general building firm without rail formation on its record will struggle with the eligibility, but a contractor that has done doubling or third-line work for any zone is likely close to ready on paper.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: IREPS (Indian Railways e-Procurement System).
2. Search by tender ID IREPS-EPC-03-CAO-C-ER-2026 (reference no. EPC-03-CAO-C-ER-2026) under Eastern Railway, Construction Organisation.
3. Register on IREPS and keep a valid Class III Digital Signature Certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT, tender document and BOQ, then check the eligibility, EMD and technical conditions carefully.
5. Submit your bid online before 22 September 2026.

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