It is a high-speed and high-capacity railway corridor that is exclusively meant for the transportation of freight
- Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC)
- It starts at Sahnewal (Ludhiana) in Punjab and ends at Dankuni in West Bengal.
- The EDFC route covers Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal
- The World Bank is funding a majority of the EDFC.
- Major industries part of EDFC are World Bank-funded.
- Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC)
- WDFC run from Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai, touching all major ports along the way.
- The WDFC covers Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.
- It is being funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Source: The Indian Express