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26-763: The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor or Western DFC is a 1,506 km long, under-construction 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) freight corridor in India . It will connect Dadri in Uttar Pradesh (near Delhi ) with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai , Raigad District , Maharashtra . The corridor is being built by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL),

52-563: A break-of-gauge with US railways, the War of 1812 still being a fresh memory. However, there is little supporting evidence for this, and this story appears to be traced to a single claim from the late 1800s. The Bay Area Rapid Transit system is the only operating railroad in the United States to use 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge, with 120 miles (190 km) of double tracked routes. The original engineers chose

78-413: A wetland and is home to Blackbuck and Nilgai . It is also home to a significant population of migratory birds coming from as far as Siberia and Europe . As of 2001 India census , Dadri had a population of 57,457. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dadri hahs an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80% and, female literacy

104-501: A 1 km tunnel with 14.5 m width and internal height 10.5 m to 12.5 m to carry double-stacked containers. The DFCCIL has divided the construction work of the Western DFC into 5 section for contracting purposes. 5 ft 6 in gauge railway In North America, it is called Indian , Provincial , Portland , or Texas gauge . In Argentina and Chile, it is known as "trocha ancha" (Spanish for "broad gauge"). In

130-688: A 27.1 km (16.8 mi) line of Lahore metro . In Sri Lanka, all services currently operate on 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge only. The 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge was first used in Scotland for two short, isolated lines, the Dundee and Arbroath Railway (1836-1847) and the Arbroath and Forfar Railway (1838-). Both the lines were subsequently converted to standard gauge . The Iberian-gauge railways , that service much of Spain and Portugal, have

156-642: A mix of 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge and metre gauge . The broad gauge network is primarily located to the west of the Jamuna River , while the metre gauge network is primarily located to its east. The Jamuna Bridge is a mixed-use bridge that contains a dual gauge connection across the river linking both networks. In Nepal, all services currently operate on 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge only. In Pakistan, all services currently operate on 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge only, except for

182-836: A public-sector unit (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways and would be electrified with double-line operation. The Western DFC entails a new single-line branch from Prithla in Palwal district to Tughlakabad in Delhi , running parallel to the existing New Delhi – Faridabad – Palwal railway line. The Western DFC is exclusively for transporting freight at higher speeds with increased load carrying capacity. The main freight commodities include fertilizers, food grains, salt, coal, iron, steel and cement. It uses Flash Butt Welded head - hardened (HH) 250 m long rails with axle load capacity of 25 t on tracks and 32.5 ton bridges, compared to

208-464: A track gauge of 1,668 mm ( 5 ft  5 + 21 ⁄ 32  in ), just 8 mm ( 5 ⁄ 16  in) different from 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ). Used rolling stock from Iberia has been employed on broad-gauge lines in Argentina and Chile. Canada became the first British colony, in the 1850s, to use 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge. It

234-625: Is 68%. In Dadri, 18% of the population is under 5 years of age. Dadri is well connected by roads and highways to Noida , Greater Noida and Dasna . Dadri is situated on old NH-91, which connects Lal Kuan in Ghaziabad with Aligarh via Sikandrabad , Bulandshahr and Khurja . The Dadri railway station is a complex station & yard spread over 6 km on busy route of Delhi–Kanpur section of Indian Railways with connectivity with NTPC Dadri and Container Depot at Tilpata Karanwas. Dadri falls under Dadri Assembly constituency represented by

260-928: Is closely similar to the Indian gauge, with only 8  mm ( 5 ⁄ 16  in) difference, and allows compatibility with the rolling stock. For example, in recent years Chile and Argentina have bought second hand Spanish/Portuguese Iberian-gauge rolling stock. 1,668 mm trains can run on 1,676 mm gauge without adaptation, but for better stability in high-speed running a wheelset replacement may be required (for example, Russian-Finnish train Allegro has 1,522 mm or 4 ft  11 + 29 ⁄ 32  in gauge, intermediate between Russian 1,520 mm or 4 ft  11 + 27 ⁄ 32  in and Finnish 1,524 mm or 5 ft ). Backward compatibility—1,676 mm trains on 1,668 mm gauge—is possible, but no examples and data exist. Due to

286-505: Is predominantly on 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge. Most links of 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge railways are in the center-south of the country. Only a few lines of the Ferrocarril del Sur (Southern Railroad Network) were 1,000 mm ( 3 ft  3 + 3 ⁄ 8  in ) metre gauge or 1,435 mm ( 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ) standard gauge ,

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312-790: The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) on 30 October 2006 to undertake construction of this project. India's first 2 DFCs, the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra and the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Eastern DFC) from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal , via Meerut (Logistic Hub) and Khurja are aimed at decongesting

338-552: The Indian subcontinent it is simply known as "broad gauge". It is the widest gauge in regular passenger use anywhere in the world. In India , the initial freight railway lines were built using standard gauge . In the 1850s, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway adopted the gauge of 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) for the first passenger railway in India between Bori Bunder and Thane . This

364-657: The double-stacked shipping container on flatcars to be transported, in contrast to wellcars used in other countries for double-stack rail transport. This allows for single trains to have a 400-container capacity. Trains will have radio communications and GSM-based tracking – a first in the Indian railway sector. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Eastern DFC) has a 46 km long branch line, that connects Khurja in Bulandshahr district on Eastern DFC with Dadri in Gautam Buddha Nagar district on

390-698: The Matucana tunnel that connected Mapocho and the Central Station in Santiago . The Transandine Railway that connected both Argentinean and Chilean broad gauge networks through the Uspallata pass in the Andes mountains was actually a 1,000 mm ( 3 ft  3 + 3 ⁄ 8  in ) narrow gauge link. The Iberian gauge ( 1,668 mm or 5 ft  5 + 21 ⁄ 32  in )

416-783: The Western DFC. Meerut is proposed as the largest Logistic Hub on the EDFC due to its nodal connectivity via several expressways. The Western DFC, along with the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway , will be a vital backbone of the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). The Western DFC will cross the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway at 2 places in Haryana : Sancholi village (Gurgaon district) and Paroli village (Palwal district). The Government of India established

442-505: The existing 22.9 t to 25 t axle load used on Indian Railway tracks. The line will support freight trains reaching 1,500 m (4,900 ft) length, pulled by high-power WAG12 electric locomotives and running at speeds greater than 100 km/h (62 mph). The tracks will be entirely grade-separated and have a generous loading gauge of 3,660 mm (12 ft 1 ⁄ 8  in) width and 7,100 mm (23 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in) maximum height allowing for

468-633: The narrower gauge, a strong wear of wheelsets may occur without replacement. Dadri Dadri is a town and a municipal board in Gautam Buddha Nagar District in the state of Uttar Pradesh , India . Noida , Dadri and Jewar are the 3 sub-divisions of GB Nagar district, each headed by a SDM . Dadri is located at 28°33′00″N 77°33′11″E  /  28.550°N 77.553°E  / 28.550; 77.553 . It has an average elevation of 216 metres (709 ft). Large swathes of Dadri have been classified as

494-701: The notable exceptions being one of the few active links: the Ramal Talca-Constitución branch and the Metro de Santiago . On the contrary, just a few branches of the FCN (Ferrocarril del Norte) were broad gauge, most notably the Mapocho-Puerto mainline between Santiago and Valparaiso, the Santiago–Valparaíso railway line . This link was directly connected to the southern railroad network using

520-853: The railway network by moving 70% of India's goods train to these two corridors. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western DFC) will begin at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh (near Delhi ) on a new stretch of railway line right of way between Dadri - Rewari and then will run parallel to existing railway lines via Narnaul , Sri Madhopur and Reengus (Sikar). The other important stations will be Phulera and Marwar Junction in Rajasthan , Palanpur , Ambli Road Railway Station near ( Sabarmati ), Makarpura ( Vadodara ), Gothangam / Kosad in Gujarat and Vasai Road in Maharashtra before it terminates at JNPT (Nhava Sheva Port) in Maharashtra 's Raigad district . The Dadri - Rewari railway line passes through

546-843: The shape of BART wheels and rail has been modified since then ). This has complicated maintenance of the system, as it requires custom wheelsets, brake systems, and track maintenance vehicles. The New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad (NOO&GW) used 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge until 1872, and the Texas and New Orleans Railroad used 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge ("Texas gauge") until 1876. The Grand Trunk Railway predecessor St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad which operated in Quebec , Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine also used 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge ("Canadian gauge", "Provincial gauge" or "Portland gauge" ) but

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572-430: The wide gauge for its "great stability and smoother riding qualities" and intended to make a state-of-the-art system for other municipalities to emulate. The use of 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge rails was one of many unconventional design elements included in its design which, in addition to its unusual gauge, also used flat-edge rail, rather than typical rail that angles slightly inward (although

598-578: Was changed to standard gauge in 1873. The Grand Trunk Railway operated from headquarters in Montreal , Quebec, although corporate headquarters were in London , England . The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad which operated in Quebec , Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine also used it but was converted in 1873. There is a longstanding rumour that the Provincial gauge was selected specifically to create

624-682: Was converted in 1873. Several Maine railroads connected to the Grand Trunk Railway shared its "Portland Gauge". The Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad and the Buckfield Branch Railroad were later consolidated as the Maine Central Railroad which converted to standard gauge in 1871. John A. Poor's chief engineer Alvin C. Morton compiled the following advantages of "Portland Gauge" for Maine railways in 1847: The national railway network

650-537: Was known as the "Provincial gauge" in Canada. The earliest railways in Canada, including the 1836 Champlain and St. Lawrence and 1847 Montreal and Lachine Railway however, were built to 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge . The Grand Trunk Railway which operated in several Canadian provinces ( Quebec and Ontario ) and American states ( Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , and Vermont ) used it, but

676-538: Was then adopted as the standard for the nationwide network. Indian Railways today predominantly operates on 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge. Most of the metre gauge and narrow gauge railways have been converted to broad gauge. Small stretches of the network that remain on metre and narrow gauges are also being converted to broad gauge . Rapid transit lines are mostly on standard gauge, although some initial lines use 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge. Bangladesh Railways uses

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