Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
| Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Freight rail |
| Status | Approved in Indian Rail Budget 2014-15 |
| Locale | Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal / Jharkhand, India |
| Termini |
Ludhiana, Punjab Dankuni, West Bengal |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1,839 km (1,143 mi) |
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian broad gauge |
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Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor or Eastern DFC is an under construction freight corridor in India by Indian Railways. It is going to be a broad gauge corridor. This will have double line and will be electrified. Due to lack of space the section from Ludhiana in Punjab to Khurja in Uttar Pradesh will be single line electrified. This corridor will cover total distance of 1839 km. This corridor will also pass through Dadri (The origin point of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor) which will serve as a junction.
Route
This corridor will cover first 447 km of Ludhiana - Dhari - Khurja section with single electrified track. After this the remaining line will be double track electrified up to Dankuni in West Bengal. This will cover important stations of Sahnewal, Doraha, Ludhiana, Sirhind, Rajpura, Ambala, Saharanpur, Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Barhan, Tundla, Firozabad, Etawah, Kanpur, Allahabad and Mughalsarai. To reduce load over main line this line will have many junctions. The proposed junctions on this line are Dhandharikalan, Sirhind, Rajpura, Khalanaur, Khurja, Daudkhan, Tundla, Bhaupur, Prempur, Cheoki / Naini, Jeonathpur, Mughalsarai, Ganjkhwaja, Son Nagar railway station, Gomoh, Andal and Dankuni (The eastern terminal point).
| Eastern DFC | |
|---|---|
| State | Distance Covered |
| Punjab | 88 |
| Haryana | 72 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1049 |
| Bihar | 93 |
| Jharkhand | 50 |
| West Bengal | 488 |
| Total | 1839 |
Status
This corridor is divided into multiple section for contracting purposes.[1]
| Eastern DFC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Section | Distance | Route | Status |
| Ludhiana - Khurja | 404 | Ludhiana-Ambala-Saharanpur-Meerut-Hapur-Bulandshahr-Khurja | |
| Khurja - Bhaupur (near Kanpur) | 343 | Khurja-Aligarh-Hathras-Tundla-Etawah-Bhaupur | TATA Projects India-Aldesa Spain [2][3] |
| Bhaupur (near Kanpur) - Mughalsarai | 393 | Bhaupur-Prempur-Allahabad-Mughalsarai | GMR Group [4] |
| Mughalsarai - Sonnagar | 118 | Mughalsarai-Sonnagar | C&C Construction Gurgaon and BSCPL |
| Sonnagar - Dankuni | 538 | Sonnagar-Gomoh-Dankuni | PPP Model |
| Dadri-Khurja | 46 | Dadri-Khurja | GMR Group |
| Total | 1839 | ||
See also
- Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
- Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India
- High-speed rail in India
External links
- Eastern DFC
- Map of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
- Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) Official link for project status
References
- ↑ Rlys’ reluctance to cede control delays $1-billion World Bank loan | Business Line. Thehindubusinessline.com (2013-04-03). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
- ↑ DFCC awards Rs 3,300 cr Khurja-Bhaupur contract to Tata Aldesa JV. Business Standard (2013-01-24). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
- ↑ Work on Eastern dedicated freight corridor project begins. The Hindu (2013-03-09). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
- ↑ http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/asia/more-indian-freight-corridor-contracts-awarded.html