Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India
Transport In Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
About Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) is a public sector undertaking which undertakes planning, development, and mobilisation of financial resources and construction, maintenance and operation of the "Dedicated Freight Corridors" (DFC). The DFCCIL was registered as a company under the Companies Act 1956 in 2006. First 2 DFCs, Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), from Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to JNPT in Mumbai and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC), Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal, which will decongest railway network by moving 70% of India's goods train to these two corridors, are both on track for completion by June 2022. 99% required land for these two have been acquired, and 56% of WDFC and 60% of EDFC is complete as of July 2020. There are new DFC approved/proposed in the national budget by Government of India such as East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor, North-South Dedicated Freight Corridor, East Coast Dedicated Freight Corridor and Southern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
It is both enabler and beneficiary of other key Government of India schemes, such as Industrial corridor, Make in India, Startup India, Standup India, Sagarmala, Bharatmala, UDAN-RCS, Digital India, BharatNet, Parvatmala.
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Features
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC)
Under the Eleventh Five Year Plan of India (2007–12), the Ministry of Railways started constructing a new Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) in two long routes, namely the Eastern and Western freight corridors. The two routes cover a total length of 3,260 kilometres (2,030 mi), with the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor stretching from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai (Maharashtra) to Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. Upgrading of transportation technology, increase in productivity and reduction in unit transportation cost are the focus areas for the project.
DFCCIL has been designated by the Government of India as a Govt. of India(Ministry of Railways) Enterprise, and has been created to undertake planning & development, mobilisation 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.
DFCCIL successfully conducted first inaugural run of Indian Railways freight train on 15th August 2018 between 190 Route km long New Ateli - New Phulera stations of WDFC.
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Headquarters
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
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Company Contact Number: 91 - 11 - 23454890