Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Modi To Dedicate Three Western Freight Corridor Sections At JNPA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to open three parts of a special railway for carrying goods.
The ceremony will happen at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority on September 8, 2026.
This railway, called the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, runs between Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
It passes through five states and connects factories, logistics centres and ports.
Special freight tracks let goods trains travel with fewer interruptions from passenger trains.
The Western and Eastern corridors together cover about 2,843 kilometres.
The government says these routes can make shipping goods faster and more reliable.
Another freight corridor has also been proposed between West Bengal and Gujarat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate three Western Dedicated Freight Corridor sections on September 8, 2026.
The event will take place at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, where freight trains will also be flagged off.
The 1,506-kilometre Western corridor connects New Dadri in Uttar Pradesh with New JNPT in Maharashtra through five states.
Together, the Western and Eastern corridors form an approximately 2,843-kilometre dedicated freight network.
A proposed third corridor would connect Dankuni in West Bengal with Gujarat through four other states.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Central government and freight railway authorities.
- What
- Dedication of three sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor and the flagging off of freight trains.
- When
- September 8, 2026.
- Where
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority in Maharashtra.
- Why
- To expand dedicated freight capacity, improve links between industrial centres and ports, strengthen supply chains and reduce pressure on existing railway lines.
- Western corridor length
- Approximately 1,506 kilometres
- Western corridor route
- New Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to New JNPT in Maharashtra
- States crossed by WDFC
- Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
- Combined corridor network
- Approximately 2,843 kilometres, including the Western and Eastern corridors
- Eastern corridor route
- New Sahnewal in Punjab to New Sonnagar in Bihar, covering around 1,337 kilometres
- Event location
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority
- Proposed third corridor
- Dankuni in West Bengal to Gujarat through Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra