East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor
| East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Status | Announced in Budget 2016-17[1] |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Locale | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh ,Gujarat ,Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, India |
| 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 |
East-WestDedicated Freight Corridor or East-West DFC is a freight specific railway under proposed in eastern to Western India by Indian Railways. The railway will run between Kolkata in West Bengal and Mumbai in Maharashtra.[2] It was announced by Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Indian Railway Minister while presenting the Railway Budget of India 2016-17.[3] The government has indicated that they are likely to use a foreign direct investment for funding the project. The project would be undertaken through PPP (Public Private Partnerships) model.[4]
Notably, freight train with speed of maximum 100 km per hour will pass through Chhattisgarh in the East-West Corridor (Kolkata-Mumbai).[5]
References
- ^ "Questions : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194.
- ^ "Progress in Dedicated Freight Corridor". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ^ "Rail Budget 2016: Railways to develop three dedicated freight corridors". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ^ "Rail Budget 2016: Govt plans 3 more freight corridors through PPP". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh East West Rail Corridor may complete by 2020". The Pioneer. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.