Tata Projects has commenced work on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor project which the company has recently won in partnership with Aldesa of Spain.

The company has been awarded the contract for the corridor through an international competitive bidding process and involves construction of a 337 km double track line, and 14 km of single line - between Bhaupur and Khurja in Uttar Pradesh. The World Bank has sanctioned $975 million for this project. This will be a Design-Build Lump sum contract and will be executed within a time frame of 4 years.

Tata Projects will leverage its execution expertise and uncompromising standards of quality and Aldesa will provide its technical expertise of mechanical track laying for high speed trains to create a world class freight corridor that will significantly reduce goods transit time and help grow the economy.

The project is of the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, which involves construction of two corridors which are the eastern corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni covering a length of 1,839 km and the western corridor from Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai covering 1,499 km for promoting a seamless movement of rail freight traffic. The Dedicated Freight Corridor has been designed for 32.5 tonne axle load as compared to the current carriage tracks of 22.5 tonne axle load which is at par with the standard in America, Russia, and China.

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