DFC – Key partner in Transportation

Biplav Kumar
Group General Manager
(Business Development)
DFCCIL (Ministry of Railways), New Delhi 18.04.2019
DFCCIL Video clip
 Scope of Presentation

Freight Transportation in India

 Indian Transport Sector – Present Scenario

Source:- India Vision 2020 by Planning commission, 2002 & IR Yearbook 2016-17
 Snapshot of Freight Transport in India
Approx. 4889 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) – Annual load

By road 59% By Rail 35% By port 6% By air < 1%

• Indian freight is growing at 9.1% CAGR (GDP growth – 6.91% CAGR)

• Cost of freight movement by road is INR 2.58/ton-km, for rail is INR 1.41/ton-km and for
waterways, INR 1.06/ton-km.
• 2.2 million heavy trucks and 0.6 million light duty trucks covering more than 18.0 lakhs Km of
road length carrying 3000 MMT of annual load.
• Rail network more than 65000 Kms carrying more than 1162
MMT freight annually.
• IR is targeting freight traffic of 3.3 billion tonnes by 2030 from 1.1 billion tonnes in 2017-18.
• India has the 4th highest freight rail usage in the world after China, US & Russia.
• Port handling is 1170 million tonne in 2017-18 & grew by 9.2% CAGR during 2007-18.
• Port cargo handling by 2021-22 projected at 1695 million tonnes.
• Inland waterways freight handling stands at 44 million tonnes by mechanized vessels.
• Air freight handling is 2.2 million tonnes per annum.
Source: The freight market in India 2017 and Research market 2015-2020 report
 Freight Traffic comparison - China vs India
Sl. China Transportation scenario Indian Transportation scenario
No.

1 Rail Freight: more than 4 billion tonnes Rail Freight Traffic: 1162 MT (2017-18)
2.69 trillion tonne KM (2017) 6.2 Lakhs million tonne KM

2 Coastal port: 9 billion tonne (2017) Major Port: 679.35 million tonne (2017-18)
River Port: 4.95 billion tonne (2017) Minor port: 485.2 million tonne (2017-18)

3 Air cargo: 7.1 million tonne (2017) 2.2 million tonne (2017-18)
Air Freight:24.35 billion tonne KM (2017) 2.4 billion tonne KM
4 Avg. cost of shipping a container: USD 600 USD 1200
5 Ship’s turnaround time: less than 12 hrs 36 hrs (JNPT)
6 Railways total route: 124,000 KM Railways total route: 68,525 km

7 Roadways total: 4,577,300 KM Total: 4,699,024 KM (National Highways: 115,435 KM)

Road Freight Traffic: 36.9 billion tonne(2017) ( State Highways: 1,61,487 KM)
8 Waterways 110,000 KM (navigable 14,500 KM (5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on
waterways) (2011) canals suitable for mechanized vessels) (2012)
9 Civil Airports: 229 (2017) Commercial Airports :106 (2016)
Logistics Sector in India

Source: Economy Survey 2017-18

Issues in Logistics Sector
 Opportunities in Railway Sector
 Indian Railways is the world’s 2nd largest rail network under single
management.
 Passenger traffic and freight traffic have been increasing at an average of 7%
and 9% respectively .
 In next ten years, Indian Railways expects to handle double the traffic it
already handles.
 To scale up manufacturing capabilities sufficiently to meet the increasing flow
of traffic, the total investment requirement for modernization and
upgradation of the country’s rail networks and rail infrastructure is
approximately US$ 75 billion.
 Development of dedicated freight corridors, with the objective of easing the
flow of freight traffic across the country are already in the process of being
executed in accordance with the XIth five year plan.
 As part of its modernization plan, the Government has presently identified 22
stations at metro cities and major tourist destinations for substantial
upgradation and revamping through the PPP route.
Indian Railways– Highlights

Source:- IR Year Book 2016-17

 Indian Railways – An Overview
TOTAL LOADING OF FREIGHT IN 2016-17= 1106.15 MT, 2017-18 = 1161.66 MT
Commodity wise Loading – 2016-17
 GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL & ITS DIAGONALS ARE BUSIEST ROUTES OF IR

DELHI

KOLKATA

•High Density Corridor

(Golden Quadrilateral +
MUMBAI Diagonals) 16% of route
Km carries 52% of
passenger & 58 % of
CHENNAI
freight
 Constraints
 Falling market share of I Rly (86% to 36%).

 Capacity constraints on high density network.

 Connectivity of ports to hinterland inadequate.

 Terminal facility’s inadequacy impedes traffic.

 High axle load operation essential for certain type traffic.

 High speed freight corridors not available.

Scenario
Upgrading the existing infrastructure _ _ _
Heavy congestion of traffic
Running of mix traffic i.e. Slow & fast running traffic on same track
Low priority for freight trains for path
Lower track structure
Passing through heavily populated areas
Lack of space for expansion
DFCC PROJECT
AN OVERVIEW
Importance of DFCC

Operating Aspects of DFCC

 Mission of DFCCIL

Commissioning of DFCCIL
 Basic Design Features

Indian Railway DFC Routes

Moving Dimensions
7.1 m 5.1m
4.265 m
Height
(+66%) Western Corridor Eastern Corridor

Increased track
Width centre distance from
(+14%) 3200 mm 3660 mm
5.3 m to 6 m in DFC

Container Stack
(Double)
Western Corridor Eastern Corridor

Train Length
(Double)
700 m 700/ 1500 m

Train Load
(> Double)
5,400 Ton 13,000 Ton
 Basic Design Features (Contd.)

Indian Railway DFC Routes

• Heavier Axle Loads
25 t(Track Structure)
Axle Load 22.9 t / 25 t Bridges & formation
designed for 32.5 t
(+30%)

Maximum Speed
(+33%)
Predominantly 75 Kmph 100 Kmph
Average speed 24.7 kmph 65 kmph
(+163%)
Gradient Upto 1 in 100 1 in 200
(easier)

Traction Electrical (25 kV) Electrical (2 x 25 KV System)

Signalling Absolute /Automatic with Automatic with 2 Km spacing in

1 Km spacing Automatic territory
 Advantages of DFCCIL
• The Golden Quadrilateral and its diagonals constitutes 16% of the route length of IR
network but carries 58% of the total freight traffic. The lines are heavily saturated. The
Eastern & Western DFC constitutes 22% of total IR traffic & 38% of IR traffic on Golden
Quadrilateral.
• DFC will be a game changer in the freight logistics scenario in the country. The average
speed is expected to be more than double of the existing 26 kmph of IR i.e 60- 65 kmph.
• The studies conducted by World bank/JICA forecast a traffic level of 264 million tonnes
for Eastern DFC and 284 million tonnes for Western DFC over a period of 20 years.
• The unit cost of transportation is also expected to reduce by 40%.
• Saving of 457 million tonnes of CO2 emission over 30 years period.
• The industrial corridors are also coming up along the Eastern DFC and Western DFC.

Technical Features
• DFCs with higher axle load and wider Maximum Moving Dimension (MMD) will be a game
changer in transport logistics.
• Speedier and scheduled services are expected to bring down logistics cost significantly.
• Mobile Radio Train Communication system (GSM-R).
• Train Protection and warning system (TPWS) to enhance safety.
• High rise OHE suitable for Double stack operation on Flat wagon of DFC (WDFC).
• Adoption of 2x25 KV AT system to enable Long Haul and Heavy Haul Operation.
 WESTERN RAILWAY (WR)
Western Railway has a multi-faceted traffic pattern of inward, outward and cross traffic, and all these patterns co-exist in
substantial portions. The originating and terminating traffic profile is detailed below: (Broad Gauge)

Inward
The major commodities constituting this stream of traffic include:
• Coal for power houses in Gujarat & Maharashtra , Food grain for export via ports on Gujarat coast /unloading at
major goods sheds, Fertilizer, Container, Iron & Steel, Cement

Outward
This stream comprises :
• Petroleum products loaded from refineries in Vadodara ( Gujarat Refinery), Rajkot (Reliance Refinery and ESSAR
Refinery), and from goods sheds of Mangaliagaon in Ratlam and Imported POL from Kandla Port.
• Cement from Chitaurgarh cluster of cement plants, and Adri, Pipavav & Ranavav in Bhavnagar division.
• Fertilizer is loaded from KRIBHCO and GNFC in Baroda Division, and GSFC in Baroda and Rajkot Divisions and
IFFCO in Ahmedabad & Gandhidham Area.
• Imported Fertilizer from Kandla Port, Mundra Port, Gandhidham & Pipavav Port.
• Imported coal is loaded from the ports of Mundra Port, Navlakhi Port and Dahej Port for Gujarat Electricity Board
powerhouses on Western Railway and for Dadri, Unchahar, Yamunanagar, Panipat, Panki, Paricha, Vindhyachal,
Tanda, Rihand etc. Power Houses in North India.
• Salt, Chemicals, Iron & Steel, Vegetable Oil, DOC, Containers, Gypsum

Ports
Western Railway is also catering to port traffic on Gujarat coast.

Containers
ISO containers are loaded at Mundra Port, Pipavav Port to TKD/DDL/DER/SBI.. & from Sabarmati, Vadodara and Ratlam to
JNPT on Central Railway, Domestic containers are loaded from Khodiyar, Morvi and many other goods shed.
 Eastern Corridor (1856 km)
Khurja -Bhaupur (343 km)
Bhaupur-Mughalsarai (402 km)
Khurja-Ludhiana (400 km)
Khurja-Dadri (47 km)
Mughalsarai-Sonnagar (126 km)
Western Corridor (1504 km) Rewari- Sonnagar-Dankuni (538 km)
Vadodara (947 km) Vadodara-JNPT
( 430 km) Rewari-Dadri
(127 km)

Commissioning target: March 2020

Funding by:
World Bank : EDFC
JICA : WDFC
 Western Corridor Eastern Corridor

The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corrido
 covers a distance of 1504 km of double r
line electric (2 X 25 KV) track from  with a route length of 1856 km
JNPT to Dadri via Vadodara- consists of two distinct segments: an
Ahmedabad-Palanpur-Phulera-Rewari. electrified double-track segment of
Alignment has been generally kept 1409 km between Dankuni in West
parallel to existing lines except provision Bengal & Khurja in Uttar Pradesh & an
of detour at Diva, Surat, Ankleshwar, electrified single-track segment of 447
Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, km between Ludhiana (Dhandarikalan)
Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Phulera and - Khurja - Dadri in the state of Punjab,
Rewari. The Western Corridor passes Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. 
through 5 states as follows:- 
 Traffic Projections On DFC Route On
Eastern Corridor Western Corridor
COMMODITY 2023 2028 2033 COMMODITY 2023 2028 2033
(MTPA-Million (MTPA-Million
Tonne per Tonne per
annum) annum)
Container 9.2 13.83 20.33 Container 70.5 105.3 154.7
COAL 124.28 145.48 170.3 COAL 26.2 30.7 35.9
Food Grains 15.8 18.23 20.83 Food Grains 9.3 10.8 12.3
Fertilizers 6.34 7.75 9.336 Fertilizers 13.9 17.0 20.5
Cement 13.56 19.92 19.92 Cement 9.2 13.5 19.4
Steel 17.16 25.22 28.595 Steel 2.3 3.4 4.9
POL 4.5 4.99 5.51 POL 7.5 8.3 9.1
Misc. 24.69 28.62 33.179 Misc. 7.7 8.9 10.3
TOTAL 215.53 264.04 324.29 TOTAL 146.6 197.9 267.2
Modal shift 13.90 17.75 22.65 Modal shift 16.2 20.7 26.4
from Road from Road
AKIC Traffic 1.16 4.62 5.36 DMIC Traffic 18.5 21.4 24.8
Grand Total 230.59 286.40 352.29 Grand Total 181.3 240.0 318.5
Source: CDM Smith Report 2016 Source: CDM Smith Report 2016
 Proposed Traffic on DFC Corridors

Freight Traffic (MTPA) C+2 Years C+5 Years C+10 Years C+30 Years

-Traffic due to IR 235 269 304 523

-Additional Traffic (Non-IR) 163 284 515 1272

Total Traffic 398 553 819 1795

- Eastern DFC 141 193 366 995

- Western DFC 257 360 453 800

Present Traffic by IR – 1100 MTPA

This will help increase rail share gradually from 30%-35% to more than 50%.
Source: Study by PWC.
 5 Non-Bulk Commodities

Containers Ten major ODs constitute ~12 Mn. Tonnes of ~44 Mn. Tonnes incremental traffic

Firozpur
Palwal
Tughlakabad Dadri

Jaipur Allahabad
Samastipur

EDFC
Mundra
Sealdah
Kharagpur
EXIM Containers Domestic Containers
JNPT 1- JNPT-Dadri Route ( 1.8 Mn Tonnes)
6- Sealdah to Samastipur (1.7 Mn Tonnes)
7- Mumbai to Delhi (1.4 Mn Tonnes)
2- Mundra- Dadri Route (0.9 Mn Tonnes)
WDFC 3- Tughlakabad-JNPT Route (0.9 Mn Tonnes)
8- Kharagpur to Firozpur (1.2 Mn Tonnes)
9- Allahabad to Jaipur ( 0.7 Mn Tonnes)
4- JNPT- Palwal/ Sonipat (2 Mn Tonnes)
Origin Cluster 10- Ahmedabad to Moradabad (0.6 Mn
5- Mundra- Palwal/ Sonipat (1 Mn Tonnes)
Destination Cluster Tonnes)
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 GUJARAT - PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE – RAILWAYS & PORTS

• Gujarat has 5,258.49 route kms of railway which consists of

3,506.55 kms of Broad Gauge (BG), 1,193.04 kms of Meter Gauge
(MG) and 558.90 kms of Narrow Gauge (NG) lines.

• The rail traffic in Gujarat mainly falls under the following divisions
ofWestern Railway: Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Ratlam, Mumbai &
Ahmedabad.

Jakhau Kandla
 The state has one of the strongest port infrastructures in India. It is Mundra
the first state in India to take up port privatisation. Gujarat has 42 Navlakhi

ports, including one major port at Kandla and 41 minor ports, along a Bedi Khambhat
Okha
Sikka
1,600 km coastline. Positra Dholera
Bhavnagar Dahej
 GMB, which manages 41 non-major ports, has developed port
Porbandar Mithivir Magdalla
privatisation models such as private/joint sector ports, private jetties, di Mahuva Hazira
Simar
captive jetties and GMB jetties. Vansi
Sutrapada Pipavav Borsi
 During 2018-19* Deendayal (Kandla) port handled 84.91 million Veraval Jafraba Maroli
d
tonnes of cargo traffic.
 As per Budget 2018-19, the state government has made a provision
of US$ 221 million for the port and transport department.

 During 2018-19, Essar ports will invest Rs 4.5 billion (US$ 63 million)
in Hazira port in Gujarat to increase the cargo-handling capacity of Major ports Private sector ports GMB
ports
the port to 50 million tonnes (MT), current capacity of the Hazira port,
is 30 MT.

Note: * From April to December 2018

Source: Indian Port Association, Ministry of
Shipping
 GUJARAT - PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE – PORTS

 Gujarat has 2 LNG terminals that offer transportation facilities for Traffic handled by Deendayal (Kandla) port (million tonnes)

natural gas, crude oil & petroleum products from the Middle East and
2011-12 82.50
Europe.
2012-13 93.62

 The state has a vast hinterland surrounded by the northwest markets 2013-14 87.00
of Rajasthan, Delhi/NCR & Punjab. Together, these areas generate 2014-15 92.50
approximately 60 per cent of India's cargo, of which a majority is
2015-16 100.05
currently handled by the ports of Gujarat. The state has a large
2016-17 105.44
external trade potential, given its vast coastline.
2017-18 90.99
 There is an increase in connectivity to non-major ports due to 2018-19^ 84.91
development of the Delhi-Mumbai Dedicated Freight Corridor.
Key private sector stakeholders in Gujarat's ports sector
 More than 4,800 ships and 1,000 sailing vessels visit the ports of
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd
Gujarat every year.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company

 Private jetties in the state handled a total cargo traffic of 3.12 million Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited

tonnes in 2017-18*. Captive jetties handled total cargo of 159.9 Reliance Industries Limited
million tonnes along with the coastline of Gujarat cargo handled Maersk
during 2017-18* was around 110.07 million tonnes. Welspun

Petronet LNG

Shell
Note: * up to November 2017, ^ From April to December 2018
Source: Indian Port Association. Ministry of Shipping, Gujarat Economic Review, 2017-
18
EXIM Containers: 13.9 Mn T : Capacity adequacy and Interventions
• Originating clusters : 13.9 Mn T
• JNPT [Originating (9 Mn T); Terminating (7 Mn T)]
• With DPD and fourth container terminal coming up, JNPT, currently
handling 320 rakes per month, is expected to handle incremental 554
container rakes per month
• Irly, IPRCL and Port Trust need to assess the sidings adequacy for FY 21
• Scheduled trains and reliable timings are essential for this incremental cargo
• Mundra [Originating (2.2 Mn T); Terminating (2.1 Mn T)]
• The existing rail siding at Mundra Port, is expected to handle incremental
container rakes. Port Authorities need to assess the capacity of MDCC siding.
• Scheduled trains and reliable timings are essential for this incremental cargo
• Pipavav [Originating (1.5 Mn T); Terminating (1.7 Mn T)]
• Rail sidings at Pipavav, is expected to handle incremental rakes . Port
Authorities to assess the capacity PPSP siding.
• Ludhiana [Originating (1 Mn T); Terminating (1.1 Mn T)]
• 8 Existing PFTs and ICDs in Ludhiana region are estimated to have sufficient
capacity to handle 72 incremental rakes of Exim Containers in FY21
• Others [Originating (0.3 Mn T); Terminating (2 Mn T)]

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 Domestic Containers: 15 Mn T : Capacity adequacy and Interventions

• Originating clusters: 15 Mn T
• Kolkata 2.7 Mn T
• Existing ICD Shalimar and upcoming PFT of SFA Logistics will together be sufficient to
handle 113 rakes per month.
• Mumbai 2.1 Mn T
• Existing 10 ICDs in BB and BCT division are together handling 98 rakes per month. They
will be sufficient to handle incremental 86 rakes per month.
• To enable double stack movement of Mumbai container traffic on WDFC, a double stacking
facility is recommended at New Kharbhav.
• Jaipur 1 Mn T
• 41 incremental rakes of Domestic containers will be handled at the upcoming CONCOR
PFT at New Phulera as existing ICD at Kanakpura does not have sufficient capacity to
handle this traffic.
• Rly Divn need to liaise with the PFT player to help operationalise on or before start of DFC
operations.
• Ahmedabad 1 Mn T
• 36 Incremental rakes of Domestic containers will be handled at the existing facilities of M/S
Gateway Rail Freight Limited Served By Viramgam and Inland Container Depot Siding at
Sabarmati.
Other 8 Mn T

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Domestic Containers: 15 Mn T : Capacity adequacy and Interventions

• Destination clusters : 15 Mn T

• Ludhiana 2 Mn T
• Existing 2 ICDs and 2 PFTs in the region are estimated to have sufficient
capacity to handle 74 incremental rakes per month of Domestic Containers.
• Feeder route connectivity to be provided from New Chawapail to Ludhiana
Station.
• Delhi NCR 3 Mn T
• Existing PFTs(2) in Delhi are currently handling 40 rakes per month and ICD
Okhla is handling 67 rakes per month. An incremental 23 rakes per month can be
handled at the existing facilities. Upcoming DMIC MMLP at Dadri to balance
100 incremental rakes per month of Domestic Containers.
• Since ICD Okhla is being served by the TKD railway yard, CUT at New Pirthala
becomes accessible to double stack domestic containers.
• Scheduled trains and reliable timings are essential for this incremental
cargo
• Pricing on Per MT basis may attract light yet voluminous non-conventional
domestic cargo
Other 10 Mn T

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DFC – A GAME CHANGER IN TRANSPORT LOGISTICS
 DFCCIL Policies on Business Development

 Following policies have been finalized for Development of terminals on

DFC network :
• Private Sidings Rail Connectivity Policy
• Private Freight Terminal Policy
• Port Rail Terminal Connectivity Policy

 The policies have been uploaded on the DFCCIL website under

Business Development head and circulated amongst major customers
for wider dissemination.
 DFC – Rail Connectivity planned

Private Siding District

Ports District
1 Meja Thermal power Allahabad Nandgaon
PFT District 1 Thane
AMTEK Siding Port
2 Fatehgarh Sahib
1
Navkar PFT at Tumb
Valsad Nargol Port
Karchana Thermal Power Allahabad 2 Valsad
3
2 CONCOR - Varnama Vadodara Hazira Port
4
Auriya Thermal Power
Auraiya
3 Surat

3
CONCOR –
Sirohi
MMLT near
Swarupganj 5 J K Lakshmi Cement Sirohi 4 Varanasi
Varanasi
4 CONCOR – Phulera Jaipur Nabha Power Ltd Jawaharlal
6 Rajpura 5 Navi Mumbai
CONCOR - Khatuwas Nehru Port
5 Alwar
7 Binani Cement Siding Sirohi
CONCOR - Dadri 8 Shree Cement Siding Ajmer
6 Gautam Budh Nagar
9 BPCL - POL - MGS Chandauli
DMICDC - Dadri
7 Gautam Budh Nagar 10 CWC - Pilkhani Ambala
DMICDC MMLH near UltraTech Cement
8 Mahendragarh 11 Hooghly
Nangal Choudhary [PPP Section]
S F A Logistic Mejia Thermal power
9 Hooghly Paschim
[PPP Section] 12 Station, Andal
Bardhaman
[PPP Section]
MMLP - Kanpur
10 Kanpur SAIL Dankuni
[DFCCIL]
13 [PPP Section] Hooghly

Dankuni Coal Complex

14 Hooghly
[PPP Section]
 Connectivity Proposal on DFC

Greenfield Facilities
Nabha TPP that have applied for connectivity to DFC
K
AMTE h ani
Sadho ogarh CWC Pilk

CONCOR PFT, Khatuwas CONCOR Dadri

DMIC MMLP,New Dadri
HSIDC MMLP, Nangal
Choudhary Jawahar TPP[2021]

CONCOR PFT, Phulera Meja STPP]

Shree Cement
CONCOR RTH, Swaroopganj MMLP Kanpur IWAI MMLP,
Varanasi
Binani Cement Auriya Mejia TPP
TPP
CONCOR ICD, Varnama J K Lakshmi Cement Karchana BPCL MughalSarai
TPP
Ultratech Cement
Hazira Infrastructure
SAIL Dankuni
Pvt Ltd
Dankuni Coal
Navkar Terminals PFT EDFC Complex
Nargol Pvt Ltd
SFA Logistics

JSW Nandgaon
Port

WDFC
JNPT

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 BENEFITS OF THE LOGISTICS PARKS
 EXCELLENT TRANSPORT LINKS COMPARED TO “STAND ALONE” DISTRIBUTION CENTERS WITH EASY
ACCESS TO LONG HAUL RAIL NETWORK AS WELL AS TO DELIVERY POINTS IN THE CATCHMENT
AREA BY TRUCKING.
 CUSTOMS CLEARANCE FACILITIES, ROUND THE CLOCK SERVICE, BEING GENERALLY LOCATED
AWAY FROM URBAN SETTLEMENT AREAS.
 COST SAVING AS ALL THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED AT ONE LOCATION.
 AVAILABILITY OF MORE OPTIONS FOR SELECTION OF COMPETITIVE AND RELIABLE LOGISTICS
PROVIDERS.
 NEW GENERATION OF FREIGHT TERMINALS WITH VALUE ADDITION SERVICES TO SERVE AS
WAREHOUSING, DISTRIBUTION AND TRADING HUBS
 CAN PROVIDE COMPLETE TRANSPORT SOLUTION TO CUSTOMERS
 Achievements

First Double Stack Container Goods Train was run on Ateli Phulera section (190 km) on 15.08.2018.
 Achievements
Trial run of first Goods Train on Bhadan-Khurja section (194 km) in EDFC successfully conducted on 30.11.2018.
 Achievements
• Trial run in Madar-Kishangarh Balawas section (306 km) on 30.12.2018.
Future Corridor EAST COAST CORRIDOR : Kharagpur – Viizianagaram
(762 Km)

Planned between
> Kharagpur to
Vizianagaram.

Passes through
three states of India
> (West Bengal, Orissa
and Andhra
Pradesh).

Traverses through
> three Railway Zones
(SER, ECoR, and
SCR).

Catering the
transportation
> requirement of
industries, mines on
Eastern Sector and
Ports.

Approximate Cost: 3418 million USD

Future Corridor EAST -WEST CORRIDOR : Kharagpur – Nagpur (1142 Km)

Planned between
> Kharagpur to
Nagpur.

Passes through
three states of India
> (West Bengal,
Jharkhand, Orissa,
Chhatisgarh and
Maharashtra).

> Traverses through

three Railway
Zones (SER, SECR
and CR).

Catering the
> transportation
requirement of
industries, mines
from Eastern Sector
to Western and
Northern Sectors..

Approximate Cost: 5914 million USD

 Traffic Projections – Future Corridors
(East Coast) (East West)
COMMODITY 2026- 2031- 2036- COMMODITY 2023- 2026- 2031-
(MTPA- 27 32 37 (MTPA- 24 27 32
Million Tonne Million Tonne
per annum) per annum)
Container 11.59 14.54 21.63
Container 10.58 17.03 28.70
COAL 243.83 303.31 363.11
COAL 153.34 208 292.14
Food Grains 7.93 8.21 8.73
Food Grains 8.33 9.20 9.67
Fertilizers 12.03 13.88 17.61
Fertilizers 52.64 70.44 96.51
Cement 51.06 63.34 96.38
Cement 19.8 28.43 41.77
Steel 39.03 54.75 80.44 Steel 177.61 222.39 287.81

POL 4.72 5.21 5.48 POL 6.68 7.05 7.65

Misc. 89.11 121.43 170.9 Misc. 25.86 35.89 44.70

TOTAL 377.55 514.49 725.61 TOTAL 540.18 672.50 851.98

Source: RITES Report 2016 Source: RITES Report 2015

 Eastern Corridor
1 Bondamunda – Chakradharpur – Sini - Chandil – Muri - Barkakana 292
2 Tatanagar - Chandil 36
3 Gomoh - Patratu – Barkakana - Garwa Road - Sonnagar 414 To further augment DFC
4 Chandil – Bhojudih – Mohuda - Gomoh 180 network, additional 16
6 Aligarh - Harduaganj 18
7 Kanpur - Paricha 198 feeder routes on EDFC
8 Allahabad - Unchahar 86 of approx. 1050 Kms
9 Allahabad – Naini - Katni 276
10 Ludhiana - Amritsar 127
across railway zones
11 Ambala - Chandigarh 46 (NR, NCR, NWR, WCR)
12 Rajpura – Dhuri – Bhatinda (Lehra Mohabbat) 173
have been proposed.
13 Sirhind – Rupnagar - Nangal Dam 104
14 Dadri – Ghaziabad - Delhi – Panipat 122
TOTAL 2072

Western Corridor
Route Length
(km)
1 Pipavav - Surendra Nagar - Viram gram - Mehs ana 395 To further augment DFC
2 Kandlaport - Gandhidham - Palanpur 330 network, additional 10
3 Mundra Port - Gandhidham 65
feeder routes on WDFC
4 Okha - Rajkot - Surendra Nagar 370
5 Jodhpur - Luni - Marwar Jn 80
of approx. 730 Kms
6 Mumbai Port - Wadala - Kurla - Diva - Vasai Road 77 across railway zones
7 Trombay - Kurla 7 (NR, NCR, WR) have
8 Thal - Panvel - Diva 88 been proposed.
9 Hazira - Surat 40
10 Ludhiana - Hissar - Rewari 355
11 Tundla - Agra - Jaipur - Phulera 275
TOTAL 2082
 DELHI – MUMBAI INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR (DMIC) – AN ADDED ADVANTAGE FOR DFC
• Focus is on ensuring high impact developments within 150km distance on
Dadri either side of alignment of DFC.
• Area under Project Influence is 14% and population is 17% of the Country.
• Total Population in the Project Influence Area : 178Mn
• Total Workers in the Project Influence Area: 70.56Mn
• 4 projects of Phase - I, Shendrabidkin in Maharashtra, Dholera in Gujarat,
Rajasthan Vikram Udyogpuri in Ujjain, IIT Greater Noida with a total investment of
15,500 Cr under construction. Targeted for completion in 2019.
• 2 projects of Phase – II viz. Multimodal logistics hubs of Greater Noida &
J.N.Port Haryana with investment of more than 10,000 Cr will start construction in
DFC Alignment 2019.
End Terminal As per Census-2001

AMRITSAR – KOLKATA INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR (AKIC) – AN ADDED ADVANTAGE FOR DFC

• Project is in nascent stage with consultants identifying Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) and
obtaining consensus and views of respective state Governments.
• One large IMC is planned in each of states of west Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,
Uttarakhnad & Punjab.
As per CDM Smith Report-2016
 Road Ahead
• The Indian Railway network is growing at a healthy rate. In the next five years,
the Indian railway market will be the third largest, accounting for 10 per cent
of the global market.
• Indian Railways is targeting to increase its freight traffic to 3.3 billion tonnes
by 2030 from 1.1 billion tonnes in 2017.DFC the mainstay of support to
handle incremental traffic as long term solution.
• DFC has planned development of MMLP at Kanpur, New Nilje, & development
of freight terminals at New Tundla, New Shambhu, New Mirzapur etc.
• Approx 30 Pvt Sdgs/ PFTs/Port connections to DFC are proposed on EDFC and
WDFC at present.
• Present traffic of IR ( ECR to NCR)at MGS interchange is 38 UP trains/day (65%
Coal), NCR to ECR is 33 DN trains/day.
• WR Interchange with NWR at Palanpur is 15 DN trains/day & 13 DN
trains/day handed over by WR to NWR at Bhildi interchange. Total 28 DN
tains/day (75% container) & 26 UP trains/day.
• When JNPT is connected to DFC network above figure of 28DN trains/day will
go up significantly.
• After DFC commissioning of New Rewari-Palanpur, Bhaupur-Khurja in the
beginning, at least 70% of above traffic will transfer to DFC as per IR
commitment.

References: Press Releases, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Press information Bureau, Media Reports,
Railways Budget 2016-17, Indian Railways