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COVER STORY
RAILWAYS' TRANSFORMATION

AMRIT BHARAT TWO FREIGHT CORRIDORS

STATIONS FOR GOODS TRAINS

WILL BE HI-TECH Indian Railways has started the work of building

two dedicated corridors for goods trains. Ludhiana
Indian Railways has started the development of to Sonnagar (1,387 km) Eastern Freight Dedicated
railway stations with a long-term perspective Corridor and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal to
under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Keeping Dadri (1,506 km) Western Corridor, out of 2,843 km,
in mind the needs of the passengers, the plan 2,741 km (96.4%) of the corridor has been made
includes preparing a master plan for improving operational.
the approach roads of these stations as well as
operation area, lifts, and escalators as per the need,
free WiFi, kiosks for one station-one product, better
passenger facility system, executive lounge, and
many other facilities. The redevelopment of railway
stations across the country will have a qualitative
impact on the economy with an increase in
employment generation and improvement in
economic development.
2,000 railway stations are

equipped with solar energy.
83,343

1,337 freight trains

have been
operating
during the
financial year
stations have been identified for
2024-25, on
the scheme by December 2024,
this dedicated
out of which work has started on
corridor
about 1,200 stations.

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