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...
20 Oct, 2022, 11.54 PM IST
Vande Bharat suffers jammed wheels; passengers shifted to another trainThe officials said the semi-high speed train left New Delhi station at its scheduled time of 06.00 AM but it had to be withdrawn at Khurja ...
08 Oct, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
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...
05 Jan, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Freight trains on newly inaugurated section of Eastern DFC achieve 90 kmph top speedSince December 29, 2020, when PM inaugurated the DFC section, the railways have operated over 50 trains on the route.
04 Jan, 2021, 06.07 PM IST
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...
30 Dec, 2020, 10.45 AM IST
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...
30 Dec, 2020, 07.39 AM IST
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 ...
29 Dec, 2020, 02.07 PM IST
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...
29 Dec, 2020, 07.20 AM IST
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...
28 Dec, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
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...
01 Dec, 2020, 03.57 PM IST
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...
27 Aug, 2020, 12.05 PM IST
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...
29 Jul, 2020, 04.25 PM IST
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...
24 Apr, 2020, 02.20 PM IST
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).
14 Jun, 2019, 10.07 PM IST
Signalling system upgraded between Ghaziabad and KanpurRailways have commissioned a fully computerised state-of-the-art signalling system enabling faster movement between Ghaziabad and Kanpur se...
18 Feb, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
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...
22 Jul, 2015, 10.40 PM IST
- Gammon, IVRCL and L&T amongst the 22 firms qualifying for bidding on the Eastern Freight Corridor
Gammon, L&T and IVRCL were amongst the 22 firms qualifying for the work of Design, Procurement and construction of track and track related ...
17 Apr, 2012, 06.04 PM IST