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
Bulandshahr
Khurja
Uttar Pradesh - Haryana Border
Dadri
Western DFC
Aligarh
Hathras
Tundla
Etawah
Bhaupur (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 or Eastern DFC is an under construction 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 Dadri (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 Sahnewal, Doraha, Ludhiana, Sirhind, Rajpura, Ambala, Saharanpur, Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, 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
Bihar 93
Jharkhand 50
West Bengal 488
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-Bulandshahr-Khurja
Khurja - Bhaupur (near Kanpur) 343 Khurja-Aligarh-Hathras-Tundla-Etawah-Bhaupur TATA Projects India-Aldesa Spain [2][3]
Bhaupur (near Kanpur) - Mughalsarai 393 Bhaupur-Prempur-Allahabad-Mughalsarai GMR Group [4]
Mughalsarai - Sonnagar 118 Mughalsarai-Sonnagar C&C Construction Gurgaon and BSCPL
Sonnagar - Dankuni 538 Sonnagar-Gomoh-Dankuni PPP Model
Dadri-Khurja 46 Dadri-Khurja GMR Group
Total 1839

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