East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor
Indian railway corridor
- Dankuni, West Bengal
- Palghar, Maharashtra
East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor or East-West DFC is a freight specific railway proposed from Eastern to Western India by Indian Railways. The corridor will run between Dankuni in West Bengal and Palghar in Maharashtra.[1] It was announced by then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, while presenting the Railway Budget of India in the fiscal year 2016-17.[2] The Government has indicated that they are likely to use foreign direct investment for funding the project. The project would be undertaken through Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.[3]
Notably, freight trains with a speed of maximum 100 km per hour will pass through the East-West DFC.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Progress in Dedicated Freight Corridor". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Rail Budget 2016: Railways to develop three dedicated freight corridors". BusinessToday.in. IANS. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Rail Budget 2016: Govt plans 3 more freight corridors through PPP". The Financial Express. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh East West Rail Corridor may complete by 2020". The Pioneer. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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Dedicated freight corridors of India
- East Coast Dedicated Freight Corridor
- Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
- Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
- South-West Dedicated Freight Corridor
- East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor
- North-South Dedicated Freight Corridor