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Special Report
Dedicated Freight
Corridors
Demand increasing
but loooooong way
to go forDFCs
“Rail is a more sustainable, lower emission offering than
hundreds of trucks moving cargo over 1,200 kilometres.”
Jyothi Shankaran
ndian Railways recorded freight With passenger and goods trains and Rs 89,436 crore ($11 billion) of
loading of 1,512 million tonnes moving on the same tracks, India capital expenditure.
in the financial year 2022-2023, decided to move to dedicated freight "The Indian Railways has set an
Ian increase of seven percent corridors (DFCs) in 2006, and at the ambitious freight target of 3,000 million
from the previous year with net tonne end of March 31, 2022 here are the tonnes for 2027-28," Vinay Kumar
kilometres (NTKMs) increasing 10 stats: 1,277 kms DFCs operational, Tripathi, Chairman, Dedicated Freight
percent to 903 billion NTKMs. 100 kmph speed potential on DFCs Corporation of India mentioned in
Photo: Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation
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