Ahmedabad: The operations control centre of the 1,506 km-long Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) that Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated today is a first-of-its-kind initiative in India to monitor and regulate train operations from one centralised location.   Watch | Prime Minister Narendra Modi at DFC's Operation Control Centre in Ahmedabad. He will shortly flag off 10 new Vande Bharat trains connecting Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Mysuru-Dr...Read More

Surat: The Surat-Vadodara Rail route will experience a one-hour block today and an 11-hour block tomorrow, on 24th December. Owing to this block, the operation of a total of 30 trains will be affected. This interruption is due to connectivity work conducted by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) in the Panoli yard of the Surat-Vadodara railway section. A one-hour traffic block will be in effect today from 13:10 to 14:10 on this route. Additionally, an 11-hour traffic ...Read More

Vadodara: The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) on Monday conducted the first trial run of a cargo train on the newly constructed electrified segment of  Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) that links Gothangam in Surat district with Makarpura in Vadodara city. The completion of this new railway section, which spans 117 kilometers and traverses Surat, Bharuch, and Vadodara districts in Gujarat, comes at an approximate cost of Rs 3,644 crore. DFCCIL announced in a ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) on its Twitter handle shared pictures of the operation control center of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor(WDFC). DFCCIL tweeted: The Operation Control Centre, Ahmedabad, has been operationalized in March 2023. It’ll control WDFC's train operations, signaling, power supply and monitor the health of rolling stock & track safety. It's equipped with advanced technologies & new applications for train operations. DFCC...Read More

Gandhinagar: A high-level meeting chaired by Gujarat Chief Minister was held here today for better coordination between the State and the Centre for ongoing railway projects in Gujarat. The meeting discussed the issues including gauge conversions, construction of railway over bridges, dedicated freight corridor, electrification of railway lines and more. The Chief Minister asked Chief Secretary to set up an institutional mechanism for solution of all issues pertaining to ongoing railway...Read More

New Delhi: Indian Railways’ PSU, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has completed work of dismantling and reconstruction (after making way for DFC tracks) of Valsad Road Over Bridge (ROB) on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor in the state of Gujarat in a record 20 day time. Working in tandem with various Government agencies and the civil administration, the ROB which funnels busy traffic into Valsad ROB from the Mumbai-Delhi highway, a 20 day traffic block was secu...Read More

New Delhi:Railways is contemplating to renegotiate loan condition with Japan for procuring high horse power electric locomotives for the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) as the procurement award is stuck over the pricing front. Railways' ambitious plan to acquire 9000 high horse-power (HP) locomotives from Japan for hauling double stack containers on the Western DFC has come to a dead end with no further progress for more than last seven months. Railways has found the price of Rs 5...Read More