How can DFCs help in reviving the manufacturing sector:

♤ Dedicated Freight Corridors are proposed to adopt world class and state-of-the-art technology. Significant improvement is proposed to be made in the existing carrying capacity by modifying basic design features. Both these improvements will allow longer and heavier trains to ply on the Dedicated Freight Corridors. This will provide infrastructure to allow heavy loaded trains to move.

♤ Its completion will have a major impact on improving transportation infrastructure which will enhance attractiveness of India as an investment destination including the manufacturing sector

♤ The time taken would be considerably, thereby reducing the shipping time.

♤ It would also introduce time tabled freight services and guaranteed transit time

♤ Once completed, the dedicated freight corridors will enable Indian Railways to improve its customer orientation and meet market needs more effectively thereby affecting the entire business ecosystem.

♤ Unlike the existing rail network, which runs on a combination of diesel and electrical locomotives, the proposed DFC corridor will operate entirely through electric locomotives, thereby lowering the transportation costs for the manufacturing sector which are considerably higher when compared to developed countries of the world.