Trains will not need to slow down on new 351-kilometre dedicated freight corridorsAn official said the train that was flagged off by PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday at a designated speed of 60 kmph clocked 59.6 km per hour du...
Railways freight corridors to become an avenue for Atmanirbhar Bharat, says Prime MinisterThe 351-km section, which has been built at a cost of Rs 5,750 crore, will open new avenues for local industries in Uttar Pradesh. The sect...
PM Narendra Modi attacks previous govts for delaying work on dedicated freight corridor projectTill 2014 not a single km track of the project was laid and the funds sanctioned could not be spent properly. After 2014 ,it was restarted ...
PM Modi to inaugurate 'New Bhaupur-New Khurja' section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor todayThe Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India is building the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight corridors (DFCs), which are expec...
Railways gets environmental clearance for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet trainAddressing a virtual press conference here, Railway Board Chairman and CEO, V.K. Yadav said, "Requisite Wildlife, Forestry and Coastal Regu...
For first time, entire track laying of DFC to be done using NTC machineAn inspection of the NTC working site on the Khurja-Dadri section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor was conducted by the Niti Aayog...
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...
Bhaupur and Khurja section of DFC to be ready by November: DFCCILThe easing of traffic will be done through shifting of freight trains from the Indian Railway route to dedicated freight corridor (DFC).
Missing several deadlines, Railways' freight corridor project sets new targetThe project, comprising the Eastern and Western corridors, aims to speed up the movement of freight while easing the congested routes for p...
GMR Infra's Q4 loss widens to Rs 2,479 crore; gross debt halvesThe company's standalone total revenue declined to Rs 272.47 crore compared to Rs 395.25 crore last year.
GMR Infra losses narrow to Rs 399 crore in Q2FY16 on better airport, power performanceInfrastructure narrowed losses to Rs 399 crore in the second quarter of 2015-16 from Rs 610 crore reported in the same quarter a year ago.
Alstom-ATSA bags Rs 1497 crore Eastern DFC awardThe system contract has been awarded for the 343-km long Bhaupur- Khurja section to Alstom India-ATSA joint venture, said a senior DFCC off...
GMR Infrastructure-led consortium bags Rs 5,080 crore railway projectThe eastern and western rail freight corridors are expected to be game-changers for India and its push for a bigger rail transportation cap...
World Bank signs $1100 million loan agreement with Dedicated Freight Corridor CorpThe agreement was signed by DFCC Director (Finance) MK Mittal and World Bank Country Director Onno Ruhl in the presence of senior officials...
'GMR-led group lowest bidder for two packages of EDFC projects'As part of Asset Light Asset Right (ALAR) strategy, GMR Group is not required to provide any equity for the project since it is to be imple...
World Bank nod to $1,100 million loan for rail corridorWorld Bank has agreed in principle to partly finance the Eastern Corridor project from Mughalsarai to Ludhiana, which has been divided into...
Global firms in the race to be consultant for DFC projectMajor international companies have evinced keen interest in the Railways' mega infrastructure project - Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC).