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]
| East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Status | Proposed |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Locale | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Type | Freight rail |
| Operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 2,000 km (1,200 mi) |
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian broad gauge |
Notably, freight trains with a speed of maximum 100 km per hour will pass through the East-West DFC.[4]
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- ^ "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.