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Features of DFCs
March 24th
Ministry of Railways is executing the work of construction of 2 dedicated freight corridors namely Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors to augment the rail transport capacity along above routes to meet the growing need of the economy and facilitate faster evacuation of freight traffic. The salient features of DFC are as under:
- Maximum permissible Speed – 100Kmph
- Long haul and Higher Trailing load – upto 13000 tonnes per train
- Double stack trains on WDFC
- Efficient handling and value added services at freight terminals of DFC.
- Enhanced axle load of 25 tonnes
- Higher maximum moving dimension of Wagons
- Automatic Signalling with Mobile Train Radio communication
- Overall enhanced throughput
Out of 2843 km of DFC (1337 km Ludhiana to Sonnagar of EDFC & 1506 km JNPT to Dadri of WDFC), 657 km has already been commissioned. The Eastern and Western DFC covers the following States and Districts-
| State | Districts | ||
| Eastern DFC | Punjab | Ambala, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ludhiana | |
| Haryana | Yamunanagar, | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | Chandauli, Mirzapur, Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Auraiya, Etawah, Firozabad, Hathras, Aligarh, Bulandshahr, Hapur Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Merut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, | ||
| Bihar | Gaya, Aurangabad, Rohtas, Kaimur (Bhabhua), | ||
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad, Giridih, Koderma, | ||
| West Bengal | Hoogly, Purba Bardhman, Paschim Bardhman | ||
| Western DFC | Uttar Pradesh | Gautam Budh Nagar | |
| Haryana | Faridabad, Palwal, Nuh, Rewari, Mahendragarh, | ||
| Rajasthan | Sikar, Jaipur, Ajmer, Pali, Sirohi, , | ||
| Gujarat | Banaskantha, Mehsana, Ahemdabad, Anand, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat | ||
| Maharashtra | Navsari, Valsad, Palghar, Thane, Raigad | ||
