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Team DFC Targets Completion Of Valsad ROB In 20 Days With Innovative Approach, Despite Big Constraints
by Arun Kumar Das - Jun 6, 2021 04:40 AM
Team DFC at work on the Valsad ROB in Gujarat.
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The ROB work could not be started due to various limitations, as track laying activities using state-of-the-art New Track Construction machines would have been affected.
The biggest challenge in doing this work was the road traffic block, as this ROB is one of the busiest passages into the city of Valsad from Mumbai-Delhi highway.
Looking at difficulties during the pandemic as an opportunity for transformation, Team DFC has initiated an innovative out-of-box approach to complete the work on the Valsad Road Over Bridge (ROB) in Gujarat on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor with minimal traffic disruption.
Freight Train Records Speed Of Nearly 100 Kmph On Dedicated Freight Corridor, Runs Faster Than Rajdhani Trains
Heavy haul goods train on eastern dedicated freight corridor
On Saturday(29 May), goods trains on the Eastern dedicated freight corridor (EDFC) recorded a speed of 99.38 kmph.
Freight trains are running at speeds faster than Rajdhani trains, officials said as per a report in
Moneycontrol.
Three trains ran at an average speed of more than 99 kmph, the fastest speed on the 331-km long New Khurja-New Bhaupur section of the (EDFC), which was inaugurated for operations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 December 2020.
The 306 km section between Rewari and Madar on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) was opened on 7 January. To date, 3000 trains have journeyed on EDFC, while 1000 have travelled on WDFC.
India News: NEW DELHI: The New Khurja-New Bhaupur section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor set a new record as a freight train averaged a speed of 99.
Goods trains on the dedicated freight corridor are running at speeds faster than Rajdhani trains, with one clocking a record 99.30 kmph on Saturday, officials said.