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he Western Dedicated Development & Business Analytics
Freight Corridor (WDFC) is at Dedicated Freight Corridor
transforming India’s freight Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL),
Tlogistics landscape, offering stated, “With the WDFC in full swing,
a new blueprint for speed, efficiency, freight train speeds have surged,
and capacity. Stretching over 1,500 averaging over 51.5 km/h in FY 2024-
kilometres, this high-capacity, electrified 25, transporting nearly 62 billion
rail network connects the industrial gross tonne kilometres, a marked
heartlands of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, improvement over the 38.7 billion
Gujarat, and Maharashtra to key western GTKMs logged in FY 2023-24.”
ports like Mundra, Pipavav, and JNPT in This uptick in speed is not just
Navi Mumbai. By providing a dedicated a numerical milestone – it reflects
route for freight trains, the WDFC a fundamental shift in how freight
significantly reduces congestion on More than 52% of the moves across the country. The
conventional rail lines, slashes transit WDFC’s volume consists corridor’s long-haul, double-stack
times, and lowers logistics costs, making capabilities, combined with a level-
it a critical artery in India’s supply chain. of containers, with empty crossing-free design, have slashed
rakes accounting for just transit times between the western
Setting a new standard for 17%, significantly better coast’s ports and the National Capital
freight efficiency than the 44% on the EDFC. Region (NCR), dramatically boosting
SP Verma, GGM Business overall efficiency.
SP Verma
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