Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
| Western Dedicated Freight Corridor | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Freight rail |
| Status | Approved in Indian Rail Budget 2014-15 |
| Locale | Delhi NCT, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, India |
| Termini |
Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi JNPT, Navi Mumbai |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1,483 km (921 mi) |
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian broad gauge |
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The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor or Western DFC is a broad gauge freight corridor under construction in India by Indian Railways. It will connect India's capital, Delhi, and its economic hub, Mumbai. This corridor will cover a distance of 1483 km and would be electrified with double line operation. A single line branch is proposed from Pirthala Junction to Tughlakabad. This will run parallel to existing Delhi - Mathura main line. Route from Rewari to Dadri will be entirely new line and Dadri will further be connected to Khurja junction which will connect this corridor to Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor will begin at Dadri near Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh covering a new patch of railway between Dadri - Rewari and then will run parallel to existing line via Narnaul, Ringas. The other important station will be Phulera and Marwar Junction in Rajasthan, Palanpur, Amli Road (Sabarmati), Makarpura (Vadodara), Gothangam / Kosad in Gujarat and Vasai Road in Maharashtra before it terminates at JNPT at Nhava-Sheva near Navi Mumbai in state of Maharashtra.
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