DFCCIL completes construction work on Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (Western Corridor)

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) completed the construction work on the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (Western Corridor) on March 31, 2026. Besides, a trial run was conducted between the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal-Vaitarna section for the project.

The project involved development of 1,504 km long heavy haul freight corridor of double line electric (2 X 25 kV) tracks in Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh with an investment of Rs 511.01 billion. It is being developed in three phases-Vadodara-Rewari (Phase I), Vadodara-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) (Phase II) and Rewari-Dadri (Phase III).