East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor

East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor
Overview
Status	Proposed
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Termini	Dankuni, West Bengal Palghar, Maharashtra
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

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

• Dedicated freight corridors in India
  • Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
  • Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

References

1. "Progress in Dedicated Freight Corridor". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
2. "Rail Budget 2016: Railways to develop three dedicated freight corridors". BusinessToday.in. IANS. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
3. "Rail Budget 2016: Govt plans 3 more freight corridors through PPP". The Financial Express. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
4. "Chhattisgarh East West Rail Corridor may complete by 2020". The Pioneer. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.