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DFCCIL
The dedicated freight corridors in India are a network of Railway electrification, electric 5 ft 6 in gauge railway, broad gauge Rail freight transport, freight railway lines that solely serve freight trains, thus making the freight service in India faster and efficient. The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) a Public Sector Undertakings in India, public sector company is responsible for undertaking planning, development, mobilisation of financial resources and construction, maintenance and operation of these corridors. In fiscal year 2024, an average of 241 trains used the dedicated freight corridors daily. History The Tenth Five-Year Plans of India, Five Year Plan (2002–07) projected that freight traffic in India would rise from 489 million tons in 2001–02 to 624 million tons by 2006–07, growing at a rate of 5% annually. The mid-term appraisal of the Tenth Five Year Plan suggested building dedicated freight corridors (DFC) on trunk routes. The o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor or Western DFC is a 1,506 km long, under-construction Dedicated freight corridors in India, freight corridor in India. It will connect Dadri railway station, Dadri in Uttar Pradesh (near Delhi) with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Raigad district, Raigad District, Maharashtra. The corridor is being built by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), a public-sector unit (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways and would be electrified with double-line operation. The Western DFC entails a new single-line branch from Prithla in Palwal district to Tughlakabad (village), Tughlakabad in Delhi, running parallel to the existing New Delhi railway station, New Delhi–Faridabad railway station, Faridabad–Palwal railway station, Palwal railway line. The Western DFC is exclusively for transporting freight at higher speeds with increased load carrying capacity. The main freight com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
