Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited
March 2024
Hon’ble PM Narendra Modi dedicated Khurja-Sahnewal (401 km), Makarpura-Gholvad (242 km), and Operation Control Centre Ahmedabad.
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Hon’ble PM Narendra Modi dedicated Khurja-Sahnewal (401 km), Makarpura-Gholvad (242 km), and Operation Control Centre Ahmedabad.
Makarpura - Sanand North (138 KM) section of WDFC was commissioned.
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New Palghar to New Saphale (46 Km) section of WDFC was commissioned.
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New Gholvad to New Palghar (44 KM) Section of WDFC was commissioned.
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Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated the New Khurja - New Rewari (173 Km) Double line electrified section of DFC and connecting Eastern & Western DFC
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Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated the New Bhaupur-New DDU section (402 Km) of EDFC
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Makarpura-Sachin section (130 km) was commissioned of WDFC
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New Gothangam - New Makarpura (103 km) section of WDFC was commissioned with a successful freight train trial on 23.10.2023.
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The first trial of a freight train with electric traction from New Sahnewal (Ludhiana) to New Khurja via New Khatauli on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) was completed on 11.10.2023. This is a significant milestone as it marks the completion of the entire 1,337 km EDFC. The entire EDFC is now fully commissioned.
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New Pilkhani - New Shambhu (91 Km) Broad Gauge single line electrified section of EDFC was commissioned on 25.09.2023.
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DDU-Sonnagar section (137 km) of EDFC was dedicated to the nation by Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi on 07.07.2023.
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Sahnewal (Ludhiana)- Shambhu (80 Km) Broad Gauge single line electrified section of EDFC was commissioned on 13.06.2023
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New DDU – New Arhaura Rd (27 km), critical leg of EDFC was commissioned on 31.05.2023With this commissioning Seamless connectivity of 1875 km between Sonnagar in Bihar to Ahmedabad in Gujarat was achieved.
Rewari-Dadri BG double line electrified section (127 km) was made operational with the successful operation of goods train from ICD Dadri to New Rewari on 31.03.2023.
New Khurja- New Khatauli BG single line electrified section (135Km) of EDFC was commissioned on 31.03.2023.
New Dagmagpur to New Ahraura Road BG double line electrified section (23 Km) of EDFC was commissioned with successful train run on double line electrified track on 31.03.2023.
Bhestan- Sanjan BG double line electrified section (108 km) of WDFC was commissioned along with IR connectivity on 31.03.2023.
New Bhimsen - New Bhaupur section (25 km) of EDFC was successfully commissioned on 28.02.2023. With this commissioning, through connectivity of 752 km between Dadri-Khurja-Bhaupur-Chunar stations of EDFC was achieved.
Sujatpur-Karchana (62 km) section of EDFC was commissioned on 31.12.2022. With commissioning of this section, continuous connectivity of 327 km from Bhimsen to Chheoki was achieved on EDFC
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Electric Loco trial was succesfully conducted on both lines of Dadri- Prithala section (52Km) of WDFC on 30.11.2022.
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Mehsana - Sanand (N) section (77 km) of WDFC including IR Sanand and IR Goraghuma Connecting Lines were commissioned.
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New Kanpur to New Bhimsen including IR Bhimsen link line (28.183 km) section of EDFC was commissioned on 19.10.2022.
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Chheoki-Chunar (110 km) section of EDFC was commissioned on 30.09.2022.
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Khurja-Dadri Section (46 km) of EDFC was Commissioned.
Hon'ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi dedicated New Palanpur- New Mehsana including Palanpur connecting line (75 km) of WDFC to the nation on 30.09.2022.
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Hon'ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi dedicated Madar to Palanpur (353 km) of WDFC to the nation on 18.06.2022.
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New DDU to New Sonnagar (137 km) section and New Rooma to New Sujatpur section (130 km) of EDFC were commissioned.
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Trial run of freight train in Rooma- Sujatpur section (130 km) of EDFC was conducted on 26.02.2022.
Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) has given approval for the First Mega Infrastructure project of Railway PPP project in Sonnagar-Gomoh section on hybrid DBFOT model.
Madar-Palanpur (353 km) section was declared open for operation.
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Trucks on Trains (ToT) service has started from New Rewari (Haryana) of WDFC.
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Trial run of freight train in Madar-New Palanpur section (353 km) of WDFC was conducted on 31.03.2021. Trial run of Electric Locomotive was conducted in Ganjkhwaja-Chirailpathu section (100 km) of EDFC on 31.03.2021.
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Hon'ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi inaugurated Rewari - Madar section (306 km) of WDFC.
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Khurja - Bhaupur (351 km) section completed & inaugurated by Hon'ble Prime MinisterSh. Narendra Modi .
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Trial Run started in Rewari-Madar section (306 km) of WDFC.
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Trial Run started in Khurja-Bhadan section (194 km) of EDFC.
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Cost estimate of Rs. 81,459 Crores approved by CCEA.
World Bank loan of USD 650 million sanctioned (EDFC-3).
Loan agreement with World Bank loan of USD 1100 million signed (EDFC-2).
Concession Agreement between DFCCIL & MoR signed.
Civil contract for Rewari-Palanpur section (WDFC) awarded.
JICA Loan Agreement for WDFC Phase-II : 1st Tranche amounting JPY 136 billion (Rs.7750 crores) signed.
First Civil, System & Track Contract (Bhaupur – Khurja) – EDFC worth Rs.3267.54 crores awarded.
Loan Agreement with World Bank for USD 975 Million (Rs.5850 crores) signed for EDFC-1 (Khurja-Bhaupur).
JICA Loan Agreement for JPY 90 billion (Rs.5100 crores) signed for Western Corridor Phase-I.
Cabinet approved JICA loan for WDFC along with STEP loan conditionalities.
Inauguration of construction works of EDFC by Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson UPA & Sh. Lalu Prasad Yadav, Hon'ble Minister of Railways from Karwandiya to Ganjkhwaja.
CCEA approved Eastern & Western DFC Corridors and authorized expenditure up to Rs.28,181 crore with the direction to finalize funding arrangements.
CCEA gave in-principle approval along with permission for undertaking preliminary works including land acquisition.
Incorporation of DFCCIL (Shedule”A”) Government Company, as SPV.
WDFC foundation laid by Sh.Manmohan Singh, Hon'ble Prime Minister at Mumbai.
EDFC foundation laid by Sh.Manmohan Singh, Hon'ble Prime Minister at Ludhiana.
CCEA gave in-principle approval for the project based on the RITES Report.
Project announced by Hon’ble Prime Minister & Hon’ble Minister for Railways.