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title: "Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor: 1,337 km, Ludhiana (Sahnewal) to Sonnagar · SSL"
description: "Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor: 1,337 km from Ludhiana (Sahnewal) to Sonnagar across Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar."
url: https://safeandsecure.in/rail/eastern-dfc/
canonical: https://safeandsecure.in/rail/eastern-dfc/
updated: 2026-11-11
lang: en-IN
publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited
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Freight corridor · 4 states

# Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

1,337 km of track that carries only freight.

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Ludhiana (Sahnewal) → Sonnagar. India boundary per Survey of India (state layer: DataMeet, CC BY 4.0). Moving marks are illustrative.

- 1,337 km length PIB
- 7 junctions on our map
- 4 states crossed

Along the line

## Junction by junction

Ludhiana Saharanpur

Saharanpur Khurja

Khurja Kanpur

Kanpur Prayagraj

Prayagraj Pt. DD Upadhyaya Jn

Pt. DD Upadhyaya Jn Sonnagar

Status: Commissioned and running (PIB Year End Review 2025).

Also see the [Western Dedicated Freight Corridor](https://safeandsecure.in/rail/western-dfc/) (1,506 km) and [Nhava Sheva](https://safeandsecure.in/ports/nhava-sheva/).

## Frequently asked questions

**How long is the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor?**

1,337 km, from Ludhiana (Sahnewal) to Sonnagar, through Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar.

**Is it running?**

Commissioned and running (PIB Year End Review 2025).

**How does SSL fit in?**

Our trucks do the first mile to a rail terminal on the corridor and the last mile from it; the rail leg is arranged by our desk.

Sources

- [PIB: Year End Review 2025, Ministry of Railways](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2209199) · 2025-26

Cargo along the Eastern DFC?

Tell us the two ends; our desk plans rail plus road.

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