Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
Overview
Type Freight rail
Status Approved in Indian Rail Budget 2014-15
Locale Delhi NCT, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, India
Termini Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi
JNPT, Navi Mumbai
Operation
Owner Indian Railways
Operator(s) Indian Railways
Technical
Line length 1,483 km (921 mi)
Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian broad gauge
Western Dedicated Freight corridor
 to Khurja (Connect to Eastern DFC)
 U.P
 Haryana - Uttar Pradesh Border
 Prithala
Tughlakabad
 Rajasthan - Haryana Border
 Rewari
 Phulera (for Jaipur)
 Ajmer
 Marwar
 Gujarat - Rajasthan Border
 Iqbalgarh
 Palanpur
 Mahesana
 Amli Road (for Ahmedabad)
 Vadodara
 Sachin (for Surat)
 Maharashtra - Gujarat Border
 JNPT

Western Dedicated Freight Corridor or Western DFC is a freight corridor under construction in India by Indian Railways. It is going to be a broad gauge corridor. This will connect two most important cities in India viz. Delhi (The national capital of India) and Mumbai (The commercial capital of India). This corridor will cover a distance of 1483 km and would be electrified with double line operation. A single line branch is proposed from Pirthala Junction to Tughlakabad. This will run parallel to existing Delhi - Mathura main line. Route from Rewari to Dadri will be entirely new line and Dadri will further be connected to Khurja junction which will connect this corridor to Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.

Route

The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor will begin at Dadri near Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh covering a new patch of railway between Dadri - Rewari and then will run parallel to existing line via Narnaul, Ringas. The other important station will be Phulera and Marwar Junction in Rajasthan, Palanpur, Amli Road (Sabarmati), Makarpura (Vadodara), Gothangam / Kosad in Gujarat and Vasai Road in Maharashtra before it terminates at JNPT at Nhava-Sheva near Navi Mumbai in state of Maharashtra.

Western DFC
State Distance Covered
Haryana 177
Rajasthan 567
Gujarat 565
Maharashtra 177
Uttar Pradesh 18
Total 1504[1]

Status

This corridor is divided into multiple section for contracting purposes.[2]

Western DFC
Section Distance Route Status
Dadri - Rewari 141 Dadri-Rewari L&T-Sojitz Consortium[3]
Rewari - Iqbalgarh (near Palanpur) 626 Rewari-Phulera (near Jaipur)-Ajmer-Marwar-Iqbalgarh L&T-Sojitz Consortium.
Iqbalgarh (near Palanpur) - Vadodara 304 Iqbalgarh-Palanpur-Mehsana-Amli Road (near Ahmadabad)-Vadodara L&T,Sojit & Gayatri Projects Consortium
Vadodara - Sachin (near Surat) 163 Vadodara-Sachin Mitsui-IRCON-TATA Consortium [4]
Sachin (near Surat) - Jawaharlal Nehru Port 265 Sachin-Valsad-Vasai Road-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Mitsui-IRCON-Tata Consortium[5]
Total 1499

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Rlys’ reluctance to cede control delays $1-billion World Bank loan | Business Line. Thehindubusinessline.com (2013-04-03). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  3. ↑ http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/companies/larsen-toubro-set-to-win-rs-4000-cr-western-dedicated-freight-corridor-project/340842/
  4. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/mitsui-tata-projects-ircon-consortium-commence-work-on-western-dedicated-freight-corridor-project/article8068709.ece?ref=sliderNews,
  5. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/mitsui-tata-projects-ircon-consortium-commence-work-on-western-dedicated-freight-corridor-project/article8068709.ece?ref=sliderNews,
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