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Watch: The Wait Is Over, Western Dedicated Freight Corridor’s 306 Km Ajmer-Rewari Stretch Flagged Off
Swarajya Staff
Dec 31, 2018, 01:49 PM | Updated 01:49 PM IST
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A 306 km section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corriodor (WDFC) flagged off on Sunday (30 December). A video of the same was shared by North Western Railways. This section will connect Madar (Ajmer) and Kishangarh Balawas (Rewari) and has been described as another milestone for Indian Railways.
Flagging off of 306 km route of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor between Madar(Ajmer)-Kishangarh Balawas;(Rewari), marking another milestone in the history of IR @PiyushGoyalOffc @PiyushGoyal @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/hKXKFLGRjm
— NWRailways (@NWRailways) December 30, 2018
On 15 August 2018, a freight train ran between 192 km long Ateli-Phulera section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) for the first time. The freight train was flagged off from the New Ateli station in a big ceremony.
Expected to be completed in 2020, the 1,504 km long WDFC will connect the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust near Navi Mumbai and Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. It will pass through major regions like Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Phulera and Rewari.
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