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<div>{{short description|Railway corridor in India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox rail line<br />
| name = East Coast Dedicated Freight Corridor<br />
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| type = [[Freight rail]]<br />
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| status = Proposed in Indian Rail Budget 2014–15. Sanctioned in Budget 2021<ref>{{cite news |title=Budget 2021: Railways allocated ₹1.10 lakh cr, to monetize DFC |url=https://www.livemint.com/budget/news/budget-2021-railways-allocated-1-10-lakh-cr-to-monetize-dedicated-freight-corridor-11612190222591.html |work=mint |date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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| start = [[Kharagpur]] in [[West Bengal, India|West Bengal]]<br />
| end = [[Vijayawada]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
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| linelength_km = 1100<br />
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| gauge = {{RailGauge|5ft6in}} [[5 ft 6 in gauge railway|Indian broad gauge]]<br />
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'''East Coast Dedicated Freight Corridor''' or '''East Coast DFC''' is a proposed railway freight corridor in [[India]] under the special purpose vehicle, [[Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. It is going to be a [[5 ft 6 in gauge railway|broad gauge]] double line – electrified corridor. This corridor will cover a total distance of {{Convert|1100|km|mi|abbr=on}}. This corridor stretches from [[Kharagpur]] in [[West Bengal]] to [[Vijayawada]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="dfc">{{cite web|title=Dedicated Freight Corridors: Paradigm Shift Coming in Indian Railways’ Freight Operations|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/efeatures.aspx?relid=134359|website=Press Information Bureau|accessdate=13 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Railways consider more dedicated freight corridors|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/railways-consider-more-dedicated-freight-corridors/article4402004.ece|accessdate=13 September 2016|work=The Hindu|date=11 February 2013|language=en-IN}}</ref> The total cost of the project would be around ₹44,000 crore (US$6 billion).<ref>{{cite news |title=44,000 crore freight corridor on east coast in the works |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/44000-crore-freight-corridor-on-east-coast-in-the-works/articleshow/65431054.cms |accessdate=27 August 2018 |publisher=The Economic Times |date=16 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Dedicated freight corridors of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Transport in Kharagpur]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Vijayawada]]<br />
[[Category:Dedicated freight corridors of India]]<br />
[[Category:Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Rail transport in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Proposed infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh]]</div>2800:810:566:138C:D8E5:ED0B:50BA:592F