Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

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Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
Overview
Status630 km - Operational 874 km - Under construction
OwnerIndian Railways
LocaleDelhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
TerminiNorth: Dadri, Uttar Pradesh
South: JNPT, Navi Mumbai
Service
TypeFreight rail
SystemIndian Railways
Operator(s)DFCCIL
History
OpenedJune 2022 (expected)[1]
Technical
Line length1,504 km (935 mi)
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian broad gauge
Route map
  • v
Western Dedicated
Freight Corridor
Legend
to Khurja &
Eastern DFC
 Dadri
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
border
 Prithala
Tughlakabad
Rewari
Narnaul
Rajasthan
Haryana
border
 Sri Madhopur
Ringas
Phulera
for Jaipur
Ajmer
Marwar
Gujarat
Rajasthan
border
 Iqbalgarh
Palanpur
Mahesana
Amli Road
for Ahmedabad
Makarpura
for Vadodara
Sachin
for Surat
Maharashtra
Gujarat
border
 Vasai Road
Jawaharlal Nehru Port

Western Dedicated Freight Corridor or Western DFC is a 1,504 km long, under-construction broad gauge freight corridor in India. It will connect Dadri in Uttar Pradesh (near Delhi) with Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. This corridor is being built by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), a subsidiary of the Indian Railways, and would be electrified with double-line operation. Western DFC entails a new single-line branch from Prithla in Palwal to Tughlakabad in Delhi, running parallel to existing New Delhi–Faridabad–Palwal railway line.

Western DFC is exclusively for transporting freight at higher speed with increased load-carrying capacity. Main freight includes fertilizers, food grains, salt, coal, iron, steel and cement. It uses Flash Butt Welded head-hardened (HH) 250 metre long rails with axle load capacity of 25t on tracks and 32.5t on bridges compared to the existing 22.9t to 25t axle load used on Indian Railway tracks.

The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Eastern DFC) has a 46 km long branch line, that connects Khurja in Bulandshahr district on Eastern DFC with Dadri in Gautam Buddha Nagar district on the Western DFC. The Western DFC along with the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, will be a vital backbone of the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

About DFC[]

The Government of India established the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) on 30 October 2006 to undertake construction of this project.[2] India's first 2 DFCs, Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Eastern DFC) from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal, via Khurja are aimed at decongesting the railway network by moving 70% of India's goods train to these two corridors. As of August 2021, both DFCs are on track for completion by June 2022.[3]

Route[]

The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western DFC) will begin at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh (near Delhi) covering a new patch of railway line between Dadri - Rewari and then will run parallel to existing railway line via Narnaul, Sri Madhopur and Reengus (Sikar). 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 (Nhava Sheva Port) in Maharashtra's Raigad district.[2]

Western DFC
State Distance Covered
Haryana 177
Rajasthan 567
Gujarat 565
Maharashtra 177
Uttar Pradesh 18
Total 1504[4]

Construction[]

The DFCCIL has divided the construction work of the Western DFC into 5 section for contracting purposes.[5]

Western DFC
Section Distance Route Status Project contractor Completion Date
Dadri – Rewari 141 Dadri-Prithla-Sohna-Rewari (Branch line: Prithla-Tughlakabad) Under construction L&T-Sojitz consortium[6] 2022 March
Rewari-Palanpur 630 Rewari-Phulera (near Jaipur)-Ajmer-Marwar-Palanpur Operational L&T-Sojitz consortium 2021 March
Palanpur-Vadodara 304 Palanpur-Mehsana-Amli Road (near Ahmedabad)-Vadodara Under construction L&T-Sojitz-Gayatri Projects consortium 2021 September
Vadodara – Sachin 163 Vadodara-Sachin (near Surat) Under construction Mitsui-IRCON-Tata Projects consortium[7] 2022 June
Sachin – JNPT 265 Sachin (near Surat)-Valsad-Vasai Road-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Under construction Mitsui-IRCON-Tata Projects consortium[7] 2022 June
Total 1,504

Status updates[]

  • Apr 2005: Project announced by the then Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.
  • Oct 2006: The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) is formed by the Ministry of Railways on 30 October.
  • Feb 2008: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approves Western DFC and Eastern DFC.
  • Sep 2009: Union Cabinet approved JICA loan.
  • Jun 2013: Civil construction contract awarded by DFCCIL for Rewari-Palanpur section.
  • Aug 2018: Inaugural run of a freight train is successfully conducted along the 190 km segment between New Ateli and New Phulera stations.[8]
  • Dec 2019: DFCCIL successfully tested the 306 km stretch between Kishangarh Balawas (Rewari district) and Madar (Ajmer district).
  • Jul 2020: Testing for the 352.7 km Madar to Palanpur stretch was completed.[9]
  • Jan 2021: The 306 km route from New Rewari to New Madar is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 January. He also flagged off the world's first double-stacked container train (1.5 km long) from New Ateli to New Kishangarh on the same day.
  • Mar 2021: The 335 km long New Madar to New Palanpur section is inaugurated on 31 March.[10]
  • July 2021: About 60% of the Western DFC has been completed.
  • Aug 2021: DFCCIL commences Roll-on-Roll-off (Ro-Ro) service on the Western DFC on 14 August. The rake consisting of flat wagons proceeded from New Rewari and arrived at New Palanpur, covering a distance of 630 km.
  • Aug 2021: DFCCIL successfully completes a 2.75 km long and 25 m high viaduct near Sohna on the Dadri-Sohna-Rewari section on 26 August.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/mumbai/mumbai-western-dedicated-freight-corridor-working-on-construction-of-new-rail-tunnels-likely-to-be-done-by-june-next-year
  2. ^ a b Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, India, Railway-technology.com.
  3. ^ Railways' two big ticket projects DFC, bullet train on track despite lockdown: Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav. Economic Times, 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Website".
  5. ^ Das, Mamuni (3 April 2013). "Rlys' reluctance to cede control delays $1-billion World Bank loan". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  6. ^ Tandon, Shubhra (8 August 2016). "Larsen & Toubro set to win Rs 4,000 cr western dedicated freight corridor project". The Financial Express.
  7. ^ a b Kumar, V Rishi (5 January 2016). "Mitsui-led consortium starts work on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Project". The Hindu Business Line.
  8. ^ Bhargava, Yuthika (4 September 2018). "Ateli enters history on a freight train" – via www.thehindu.com.
  9. ^ DFCCIL launches trial run
  10. ^ "Palanpur-Madar DFC section opened". The Times of India. 1 April 2021.

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