PM Modi to inaugurate command centre of western freight corridor on TuesdayPM Modi will also inaugurate the 401-km new Khurja Junction-Sanehwal section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and the 224-k...
88 per cent work on two dedicated freight corridors is complete: Railways dataOut of a total length of 2,843 km of the two dedicated freight corridors, the Ministry of Railways has completed 2,513 km till October 2023...
A corridor to power: The project that will speed up India and boost its economyDFCs will help India reduce its high logistics costs from some 13-15 per cent of the GDP and help it move towards the target of 8 per cent ...
Rs 51,000-crore Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) completedThe first commercial service on this route is scheduled for November 1. Its counterpart, the 1046 km long Western DFC connecting Khurja to ...
DFC commissions critical leg to usher seamless freight connectivity from Bihar to GujaratAccording to Ravindra Kumar Jain, DFCCIL’s Managing Director, this paves the way for enhanced efficiency, reduced transit time, and increas...
Dedicated Freight Corridor achieves milestone of running 1 lakh trainsThe first train on the DFC network was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 12, 2020. Till now 55,332 trains have been o...
Nearly 56% of dedicated freight corridors completeThese freight corridors are essential to help decongest the Indian Railways network that struggles with track availability issues. Passenge...
Number of trains at freight corridors to rise next year: DFC MD"Most of dedicated freight corridor (DFC) tracks, over 90 per cent, will be operational in next one year by June 2023. This will mean that ...
PM Modi to inaugurate 306-km stretch of WDFC on Jan 7: PMOModi will also flag off the world's first double-stack long-haul 1.5-km-long container train hauled by electric traction from New Ateli-New...
Freight corridor among key infra projects set to be inauguratedWhile PM Modi will inaugurate a portion of the dedicated freight corridor on Tuesday, he will launch six light house construction technolog...
DFC delay: Railways blames contractors, law & order issues, slow land acquisition by statesWhile the original deadline for completion of these DFCs was December 2021, the Railways recently said it has been pushed back by six month...
L&T's construction arm bags contract for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor projectInfrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday said its construction arm in consortium with Japan's Kyosan Electric Manufacturing com...
Dedicated freight corridor to bring down charges by 50 per centThe haulage charges on Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd network will be 50 per cent lower compared to the freight tariff...
Varanasi terminal: Modi's ambitious project to speed up economyThe terminal will help correct India's transport modal mix that imposes huge logistics cost on the economy.
Railways sanctions implementation of high speed dedicated freight corridorsThe Eastern Freight Corridor, starts from Sahnewal near Ludhiana in Punjab and passes through Haryana, UP, Bihar, & terminates at Dankuni.
World Bank offers financial help for MSMEs in UPWorld Bank said it will offer financial help to create new infrastructure for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and improve the c...
- Dedicated Freight Corridor to help railways to reduce green house gases emission by over 64%
The projects will not only upgrade rail transport capacity but also increase market share of railways.