| East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor | |
| Type: | Freight rail |
| Status: | Proposed |
| Locale: | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra |
| Start: | Dankuni, West Bengal |
| End: | Palghar, Maharashtra |
| Owner: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | Indian Railways |
| Linelength Km: | 2000 |
| Gauge: | Indian broad gauge |
East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor or East-West DFC is a freight specific railway proposed from Eastern to Western India by Indian Railways. The corridor will run between Dankuni in West Bengal and Palghar in Maharashtra.[1] It was announced by then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, while presenting the Railway Budget of India in the fiscal year 2016-17.[2] The Government has indicated that they are likely to use foreign direct investment for funding the project. The project would be undertaken through Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.[3]
Notably, freight trains with a speed of maximum 100 km per hour will pass through the East-West DFC.[4]