India’s 1,506 km Western Dedicated Freight Corridor set to complete by December 2025.
The 1,506 km Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) is slated for full operational status by December 2025, completing one of two major freight corridors designed to enhance the movement of bulk cargo by rail in India.
R K Jain, Managing Director of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL), stated that the project is currently 93.2 percent complete, with the final segment from Vaitarna to JNPT in Maharashtra at 50 percent completion.
The DFCCIL noted that 96.4 percent of both the Eastern and Western DFCs are finished, with approximately 240 trains running daily on the network. The Western DFC includes feeder routes serving key ports such as Mundra, Kandla, Pipavav, and Hazira in Gujarat.
Completion of these corridors is expected to significantly reduce logistics costs and help Indian Railways achieve a 45 percent modal share of cargo transport. The corridors have already cut coal transit times from mines to northern thermal power plants from 35 to 20 hours, enabling power plants to maintain lower coal stocks due to improved delivery reliability.
