The Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project in India, initiated under the 11th Five Year Plan, aims to construct high-capacity, efficient freight routes to improve railway transportation for goods, addressing issues of over-saturation in existing routes. Funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank, the DFC consists of Eastern and Western corridors, with completion expected between 2017 and 2019, significantly increasing freight train speeds and capacities. The project also promotes better connectivity between ports and industrial areas, fostering economic growth through improved logistics and transportation infrastructure.

1. DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR

2. Presented by
NIRAJ PATIL (87)
PRERAK SHAH (91)
SAMEER DHURAT (83)
SANKET PANCHAMIA (86)

3. DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR
 Under the 11th Five Year Plan of India (2007–12), Ministry of Railways is constructing a Dedicated Freight
Corridor (DFC).
 DFCCIL has been designated by Government of India as a `special purpose vehicle`, and has been created
to undertake planning & development, mobilization of financial resources and construction,
maintenance and operation of the Dedicated Freight Corridors. DFCCIL has been registered as a company
under the Companies Act 1956 on 30 October 2006.
 A project of Railways having high-tech construction techniques, fully electrified rail line, modern signal
system and zero unmanned crossing.
 A connectivity between hinterland-port and industries-mines.
 The entire project is being undertaken on engineering procurement contract basis with funding from
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and World Bank(IBRD).

4. NECESSITY
 Over the last 2 to 3 years, the railway freight traffic has grown by 8 to 11%.
 Existing routes are highly saturated, line capacity utilization varying between 115% to 150%.
 New passenger trains can be run on existing routes without delay.
 Freight traffic have high return as compare to passenger which increase our GDP to 7.5% to 9%.
 Freight movement is not reliable and not efficient
 Not so good hinterland connectivity from major sea ports like JNPT which causes slow import-export.
 Demand of goods is increasing but our transportation system are currently not equipped to respond to
this demand.

5. NECESSITY

6. OBJECTIVES OF DFC

7. EXPECTED PROJECT COMPLETION
Section Expected Completion
EDFC
1. Bhaupur-Khurja 342km March 2018
2. Bhaupur-Mugalsarai 402Km December 2018
3.Mugalsarai-Sonnagar 123Km December 2017
4.Dadri-Khurja-Ludhiana 450 Km December 2019
WDFC
1. Dadri-Rewari 127 Km Sept 2019
2. Rewari-Iqbalgarh 625Km June 2018
3. Iqbalgarh-Vadodra 325 Km March 2019
4. Vadodra-JNPT 425Km October 2019

8. COMPARISON WITH PRESENT CONDITION
Parameters Indian Railways Network Dedicated Freight Corridor
Network
Freight Train Speed Average 25 Kmph Average
75Kmph
Max speed 100
Kmph
Some Vital Stats 700 m
length
58 wagon 5000
tonnes
1500m
length
120
wagon
13000
tonnes
Locomotive Power 4000-5000 HP 12000 HP
Laying of Tracks Manual
100-150 m/day
Mechanised
1.5 Km/day
Time Tabled Freight Trains Will initiate on pilot basis All trains will run as per time rable

10. ROUTE OF CORRIDOR
Approved corridors
1. Eastern corridor(EDFC)
2. Western corridor(WDFC)
Proposed corridors
1. East-West corridor
2. North-South corridor
3. East Coast corridor
4. South-West corridor

11. Dedicated Freight
Corridor
Track
gauge
Length
(km)
Status Start Point Termination
Point
Western Dedicated
Freight Corridor
Broad
Gauge
1483 Approved in Rail
Budget 2014-15
Dadri JNPT, Nava
Sheva
Eastern Dedicated
Freight Corridor
Broad
Gauge 1839
Approved in Rail
Budget 2014-15.
Ludhiana Dankuni
East-West Dedicated
Freight Corridor
Broad
Gauge
2000 Announced in
Budget 2016-17
Kolkata Mumbai
North-South Dedicated
Freight Corridor
Broad
Gauge
2173 Announced in
Budget 2016-17
Delhi Chennai
East Coast Dedicated
Freight Corridor
Broad
Gauge
1100 Announced in
Budget 2016-17
Kharagpur Vijayawada
South-West Dedicated
Freight Corridor
Broad
Gauge
890 Planned Chennai Goa
Total 9485
Green background for the systems that are under construction.
Blue background for the systems that are currently in planning.

12. EASTERN DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR

13. Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
Eastern DFC
Section Distance Status
Ludhiana - Khurja 404
GMR Group
Dadri-Khurja 46 GMR Group
Khurja - Bhaupur (near Kanpur) 343 TATA Projects India-Aldesa Spain
Bhaupur (near Kanpur) -
Mughalsarai
393 GMR Group
Mughalsarai - Sonnagar 118
C&C Construction Gurgaon and
BSCPL
Sonnagar - Dankuni 538 PPP Model
Total 1839

14. Eastern Dedicated Freight
Corridor
EDFC mainly benefits-
1. Coal for power plants in the northern region from coalfields in Bihar, Jharkhand
and Bengal
2. Finished steel and iron from Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
3. Food grains and Cement.
4. Connecting Logistic parks at Kanpur and Ludhiana which is going to be
developed through PPP mode.

15. WESTERN DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR

16. Western DFC
Section Distance Status
Dadri - Rewari 141 L&T-Sojitz Consortium[3]
Rewari - Iqbalgarh (near
Palanpur)
626 L&T-Sojit z Consortium.
Iqbalgarh (near Palanpur) -
Vadodara
304
L&T,Sojit & Gayatri Projects
Consortium
Vadodara - Sachin(near Surat) 163 Mitsui-IRCON-TATA Consortium [4]
Sachin-(near Surat) - Jawaharlal
Nehru Port
265 Mitsui-IRCON-Tata Consortium[5]
Total 1499

17. Western Dedicated Freight
Corridor
From Dadri, Uttar Pradesh to Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai.
Total length 1,468 kms.
The DFC Project is an important part of “Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
initiative”, to create industrial parks and logistics bases with well-developed
infrastructures in the area 150 kms to either side of the Western Corridor.
Japan showed interest in WDFC and provide loan in 2006 to India.
At terminal Dadri, this line further extended to connect EDFC
Total land for acquire 6000 Ha and 94.5% land has been acquired upto June’16.

18. WDFC will mainly benefit export-import of
1. Container traffic
2. Petroleum, oils and lubricants
3. Import fertilizers, food grains, cement, salt, and iron and steel.

19. REFERENCES
 http://dfccil.gov.in/dfccil_app/home.jsp
 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-railway-dedicated-freight-corridor-now-on-track-
2067083
 Press Information bureau, Govt of India
 http://www.thehindu-businessline.com/news/with-civil-contracts-awarded-freight-corridor-
project-firmly-on-track/article
 http://www.railnews.co.in/dfc-can-be-a-game-changer-for-indias-economy/