Eastern Freight Corridor

Eastern Freight Corridor cut short; major project runs into land hurdles

The Eastern arm of DFCCIL's Dedicated Freight Corridor has been cut short by 538 km, leaving a key segment unfinished due to land acquisition issues and weakening economic viability

PM Modi to inaugurate 402 km section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor is a testament to the government's commitment to modernising infrastructure and fostering economic growth across the country

Govt completes Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, ops begin Nov 1

Freight corridors are special tracks made for goods trains, aimed to decongest the railway network, ensuring faster movement of goods

Tata Projects consortium served termination notice over 'intolerable' delay

Move over 'inordinate delay' in executing crucial stretch of Western DFC

Modi flags off New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern Freight Corridor

Says project was envisaged by earlier govts but not implemented on time, causing 11x cost escalation; comes down on those who disrupt movement of trains during protests

PM Modi set to inaugurate Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'New Bhaupur-New Khurja section' of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) on December 29, 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing

PM to inaugurate 'New Bhaupur-New Khurja' part of eastern freight corridor

Modi will inaugurate the 'New Bhaupur-New Khurja' section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor on December 29 via video conferencing

Railways ends Chinese firm's contract for telecommunication work: Official

The work was to be executed on a 417-km section of the corridor between Kanpur and Mughalsarai

Sonnagar-Dankuni freight corridor section likely to get aid from World Bank

The 538-km stretch is estimated to cost Rs 15,000 crore

L&T wins Rs 28.6 billion worth package for Eastern Freight corridor

Construction work on the eastern railway freight corridor has picked up pace with construction order for the single-track corridor from Khurja to Pilkhani was awarded to engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T).L&T on Friday said it has won a single-track corridor package on the eastern dedicated freight corridor worth Rs28.64 billion for construction the 222km line."This is Larsen & Toubro's first EPC Civil, Structure & Track project in the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. In the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, L&T already has a share of 71 per cent in the civil packages and 100 per cent share in the electrical packages," the company said in its statement to BSE."The scope of work includes construction of single railway track including yards, 75 major & 588 minor bridges, 1 rail over bridge modification, 4 rail flyovers, 21 stations along with construction of all associated works. The project is planned to be executed using completely ...

India inks loan pact with World Bank for Eastern Freight Corridor

Project aims for faster movement of goods between northern and eastern parts of India