East Coast Dedicated Freight Corridor
East Coast Dedicated Freight Corridor or East Coast DFC is a proposed railway freight corridor in India under the special purpose vehicle, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India of the Indian Railways. It is going to be a broad gauge double line – electrified corridor. This corridor will cover a total distance of 1,100 km (680 mi). This corridor stretches from Kharagpur in West Bengal to Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh.[1][2] The total cost of the project would be around ₹44,000 crore (US$6 billion).[3]
| East Coast Dedicated Freight Corridor | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Status | Proposed in Indian Rail Budget 2014–15. |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Termini | Kharagpur in West Bengal Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh |
| Service | |
| Type | Freight rail |
| Operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1,100 km (680 mi) |
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian broad gauge |
References
- "Dedicated Freight Corridors: Paradigm Shift Coming in Indian Railways' Freight Operations". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- "Railways consider more dedicated freight corridors". The Hindu. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- "44,000 crore freight corridor on east coast in the works". The Economic Times. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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