Indian Railways’ Dedicated Freight Corridors to be used to run passenger trains in case of exigencies

Indian Railways’ Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors, which have been designed for the exclusive movement of freight trains at a high speed, will now be used in times of exigencies for passenger train services, as per an official order of the Railway Board. According to sources quoted in a PTI report, this move will come into effect in case of natural calamities or train accidents where passengers will be transported to their destinations on the parallel Dedicated Freight Corridor network. This is likely to benefit the travellers of the Delhi – Howrah route and Delhi – Mumbai route – two of the busiest railway routes in India. These two rail routes also run parallel to the two DFCs.