Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
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
Eastern Dedicated Freight corridor
Legend
 Ludhiana
Dhandharikalan
Sirhind
Rajpura
Punjab - Haryana Border
Ambala
Khalanaur
Haryana - Uttar Pradesh Border
Saharanpur
Meerut
Hapur
Khurja
Uttar Pradesh - Haryana Border
Dhari
Western DFC
Aligarh
Hathras
Tundla
Etawah
Bahupur (for Kanpur)
Prempur
Cheoki/Naini
Allahabad
Cheoki/Naini
Jeonathpur
Mughalsarai
Ganjkhwaja
Uttar Pradesh - Bihar Border
Son Nagar
Bihar - Jharkhand Border
Gomoh
Jharkhand - West Bengal Border
Andal
Dankuni

Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor of Eastern DFC is a proposed 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 Dhari (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 Senehwal, Doraha,_Ludhiana, Sirhind, Rajpura, Ambala, Saharanpur, Meerut, Hapur, 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
Jharkhand 93
West Bengal 538
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-Khurja
Khurja - Bhaupur (near Kanpur) 343 Khurja-Aligarh-Hathras-Tundla-Etawah-Bhaupur TATA Projects India- Aldesa Spain joint venture are given contract for this section in 2013 January. [2][3]
Bhaupur (near Kanpur) - Mughalsarai 393 Bhaupur-Prempur-Allahabad-Mughalsarai The World Bank has sanctioned a loan for the development of this section in 2014 April. [4] [5]
Mughalsarai - Sonnagar 118 Mughalsarai-Sonnagar Contract awarded to C&C Construction Gurgaon and BSCPL. Work started in 2009 February. [6] This section will cost 3679 crores to develop and is funded by Government. [7]
Sonnagar - Dankuni 538 Sonnagar-Gomoh-Dankuni Bids to be invited soon (as of 2014 April). [8][9]
Dadri-Khurja 42 Dadri-Khurja
Total 1839

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Rlys’ reluctance to cede control delays $1-billion World Bank loan | Business Line. Thehindubusinessline.com (2013-04-03). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  2. ↑ DFCC awards Rs 3,300 cr Khurja-Bhaupur contract to Tata Aldesa JV. Business Standard (2013-01-24). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  3. ↑ Work on Eastern dedicated freight corridor project begins. The Hindu (2013-03-09). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  4. ↑ World Bank nod for $1.1 billion loan for rail corridor. Livemint (2014-04-23). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  5. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/railtrack-laying-at-the-mercy-of-3-cos/article5702971.ece
  6. ↑ Dedicated Freight Corridor construction launched. Railway Gazette. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  7. ↑ http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Two_dedicated_freight_corridors_sanctioned_Mr_Manoj_Sinha/345594.html
  8. ↑ Project Today News: Railways,Dedicated Freight Corridor Corpn. of India Ltd.,Railways soon to float tender for eastern corridor project. Projectstoday.com (2014-04-08). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  9. ↑ Print Release. Pib.nic.in (2014-02-07). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.