Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
Overview
Type Freight rail
Status Approved in Indian Rail Budget 2014-15
Locale Delhi NCT, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, India
Termini Dhari, near Delhi
JNPT, Navi Mumbai
Operation
Owner Indian Railways
Operator(s) Indian Railways
Technical
Line length 1,483 km (921 mi)
Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian broad gauge
Western Dedicated Freight corridor
Legend
 to Khurja (Connect to Eastern DFC)
Haryana - Uttar Pradesh Border
Dhari
Prithala
Tughlakabad
Rajasthan - Haryana Border
Rewari
Phulera (for Jaipur)
Ajmer
Marwar
Gujarat - Rajasthan Border
Iqbalgarh
Palanpur
Mahesana
Amli Road (for Ahmedabad)
Vadodara
Sachin (for Surat)
Maharashtra - Gujarat Border
JNPT

Western Dedicated Freight Corridor or Western DFC is a proposed freight corridor in India by Indian Railways. The is going to be a broad gauge corridor. This will connect two most important cities in India viz. Delhi (The national capital of India) and Mumbai (The commercial capital of India). This corridor will cover a distance of 1483 km and would be electrified with double line operation. A single line branch is proposed from Pirthala Junction to Tughlakabad. This will run parallel to existing Delhi - Mathura main line. Route from Rewari to Dhari will be entirely new line and Dhari will further be connected to Khurja junction which will connect this corridor to Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.

Route

The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor will begin at Dhari near Delhi in the state of Haryana covering a new patch of railway between Dhari - Rewari and then will run parallel to existing line via Narnaul, Ringas. 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 Maharastra before it terminates at JNPT at Nhava-Sheva near Navi Mumbai in state of Maharastra.

Western DFC
State Distance Covered
Haryana 192
Rajasthan 553
Gujarat 588
Maharashtra 150
Total 1483

Status

This corridor is divided into multiple section for contracting purposes. [1]

Western DFC
Section Distance Route Status
Dadri - Rewari 141 Dadri-Rewari
Rewari - Iqbalgarh (near Palanpur) 626 Rewari-Phulera (near Jaipur)-Ajmer-Marwar-Iqbalgarh L&T- Sojitz Japan consortium are given EPC contract for this section in 2013 August. [2][3]
Iqbalgarh (near Palanpur) - Vadodara 304 Iqbalgarh-Palanpur-Mehsana-Amli Road (near Ahmadabad)-Vadodara Bidding under process as of 2013 November. [4] The work is under progress. [5]
Vadodara - Sachin (near Surat) 163 Vadodara- Sachin Bidding under process but could not find bidders as of 2014 April . [6]
Sachin (near Surat) - Jawaharlal Nehru Port 265 Sachin-Valsad-Vasai Road-Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Total 1499

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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 6,700 crore Rewari-Palanpur contract to Sojitz and L&T - Economic Times. Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com (2013-06-08). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  3. ↑ Larsen &Toubro Limited. Lntecc.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  4. ↑ Dedicated freight corridor gets back on track. Financial Express (2013-11-22). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  5. ↑ http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Two_dedicated_freight_corridors_sanctioned_Mr_Manoj_Sinha/345594.html
  6. ↑ Japan disinterest puts Dedicated Freight Corridor project bids on slow track. RailNews (2014-04-21). Retrieved on 2014-05-05.