CentralFreight RailCompletedCompleted Late
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
A dedicated freight railway corridor built to shift heavy freight away from saturated passenger railway lines and improve logistics reliability.
Estimated cost
₹51,000 cr
Reported spend
Not available
Announced
1 Feb 2006
Last verified
1 May 2026
Schedule check
Compared with the first announced target
The corridor was completed years after the early target used in public monitoring, so it is marked completed late.
First target
Dec 2017
Current target
Dec 2023
Revised target
Not listed
Public relevance
Freight customers, coal and steel logistics, foodgrain movement and passenger-route decongestion across eastern and northern India
Timeline
3 events
1 Feb 2006
DFC programme announced
Dedicated freight corridors entered national railway planning.
29 Dec 2020
New Bhaupur-New Khurja section inaugurated
A major EDFC section was opened for operations.
31 Dec 2023
Corridor completed
The corridor reached substantially completed status after phased commissioning.
Risk notes
- Project is completed
- Future tracking should focus on capacity utilization and terminal connectivity
Official/public sources
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