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My dad was a Signal & Telecom Engineer in the Eastern Indian railways so I know just how problematic it was to keep the trains running on time, given the kind of challenges (from the super - complicated to the super - comical) that the railways face on a daily basis. He used to say that it is God who runs the Indian railways because given the creaking infrastructure it was impossible for even the very best railway staff to run the network without serious accidents happening on a daily basis!
But the Indian railways have come a long way & I am very happy about it.
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734 km Western DFC completed
618 km Eastern DFC completed by Aug 2022.
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1:35 That is a local train in Mumbai. Normal express trains are usually not that densely crowded & a main reason for the crowd is that metro rail construction is still underway in Mumbai (with only a small section being operational)
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In India, Dedicated freight corridor is more important than high speed rail. Given the size and growth of Indian economy
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In Europe we tend to focus on improving rail services by improving passenger rail lines, which, don't get me wrong, are absolutely great things, but sometimes re-routing the freight traffic could be a cheaper and more effective solution in the mid-long term.
By decongestioning the older routes from freight trains, it is easier to get better passenger services (as you will not have heavy and slow freight trains drastically reducing capacity of the line) and eventually you can always try to improve the passenger line at a later time, knowing that you don't have to deal with freight trains.
Furthermore, a great freight corridor give a giant boost to goods transportation and probably has bigger and quicker positive effects on the economy in respect of an improved mixed line/dedicated passenger hs line.
I always think about Italy, my home country, where we have decent ports in the South that could potentially attract all ships from the Suez Channel but all the ships just go through all Mediterranean Sea and go to Rotterdam. And guess who receives the goods the latest? Italy.
This is because we don't have freight corridors that can quickly move containers from the ports in the South (in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea) to the North, where we have one of the most productive area of Europe.
A South-North freight corridor would be much more beneficial than some high speed lines around the country.
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Chinese built Ethiopian and Kenyan New SGR Railway line cost 4 billions dollars each for 500-600km.
India took 12-13 billion dollars for 3400km broad gauge, double stack electrified, heavy rail, New stations & facilities ... Railway lines.
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Also the second reason may be that edfc has more mineral traffic and less container traffic which doesn't require double stack whereas wdfc is just opposite of edfc leading to double stack
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the western double stack portion allows semi trucks to be parked directly onto the car platform. This can be advantageous for moving trucks off the roads and onto rail as wel as some benefits for moving tanks and similar defense equipment around by rail
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The problem with delays was - the earlier govt developed cold feet and sat down and did nothing. The new govt came in 2014, re-analysed everything and started the project from 2016. Land acquisition, land analysis, cost ebenfit analysis everything had to be re-done. Japanese weren't really happy with the earlier Indian govt. The current PM has had personal good terms with Japanese exPM Shinzo Abe. And he was able to bring them back on table.
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Loved the map used, China and Pakistan triggered
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I think WDFC choose double stack because I read that ports of Gujrat and Maharastra trade a lot with African, North/South American, middle eastern and European countries compared to east Asian and Oceania countries. And most car industries and agricultural products produce in North and send to those areas so maybe that's why they chose this. Already being connected to Gujrat port is bringing a lot of revenue to DFC company so it's good.
This is as far as I know
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the JNPT port near mumbai is most busy container port in India. Currently more ports have opened along the western coast of India. To ensure greater movement they have done the double stack idea. For Eastern DFC, they are also developing waterways using Ganga river; bigger barges and smaller container ships can bring from eastern ports near Kolkatta. The main goods hauled on E-DFC route are coal and othe minerals thus making double stack is issue. For the W-DFC they have completed the construction of tallest railway tunnel which can carry double stacked containers and is electrified. DFC plans is to allow trucks to Roll On Roll Off at required destinations thus speeding the Mumbai Delhi time from 3-4days to just 12-16hrs. Amounting in reduction of trucks from highways, enormous fuel savings.
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The goal of the EDFC is to connect Kolkata and Delhi, which it does (Dadri being near Delhi). The single track section starts from some 46 kms north of Dadri, (the point at which WDFC & EDFC join). It is more a offshoot of EDFC to connect more industrialised zones to the north than a dedicated corridor. The single track section lies mostly in the state of Punjab, which has mostly agrarian industries. The land there which is very fertile and population dense can be expensive and troublesome to get.
Different political parties at national and state level could also be a factor.
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Excellent! There is nothing more exciting than seeing a railroad expand!
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Feel good for the poor freight train drivers who had to park on the loop line while the passenger trains passed by, now he gets his own expressway!
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Along with Alstom, Indian Railways tied up with General Electric (GE) USA for diesel engines. Both Alstom & GE have their factories in Bihar. Moreover Chittaranjan Locomotive Work has upgraded some of its engines for DFC.
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I think the Western DFC has a higher height for double stack container mainly due to JNPT near Mumbai. The existing railway line to JNPT from Panvel is quite a busy line to the port. Double stack could increase the tonnage moved with almost similar number of rolling stock as JNPT handles almost/more than 50% of container freight in India.
Pretty sure Western DFC will be a major boost to the Indian economy.
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High speed rail in India should be game changer, shame about the delays....
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the sections which are opened are fully functional and trains are even achieving 100 KMPH average on these new sections. covering 330 KM in little more than 3 hours. i think this is incredible for a goods train to achieve this feat.
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@stephanweinberger
2 years ago
12.6 billion $ is still a bargain for almost 3400km of double track, grade separated railway.
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