Mega Connection: India to see 8 Mega Corridors by 2021

Eastern
Eastern Dedicated
Dedicated Freight
Freight Corridor
Corridor
Ludhiana
Ludhiana -- Khurja
Khurja
Khurja-Bhaupur(Near
Khurja-Bhaupur(Near
Kanpur)
Kanpur)
Western
Western Dedicated
Dedicated
Freight
Freight Corridor
Corridor Bhaupur-Mughalsarai
Bhaupur-Mughalsarai
Dadri-Rewari
Dadri-Rewari Mughalsarai-Sonnagar
Mughalsarai-Sonnagar
Rewari-Iqbalgarh(near
Rewari-Iqbalgarh(near
Palanpur)
Palanpur) Sonnagar-Dankuni
Sonnagar-Dankuni

Iqbalgarh-Vadodara
Iqbalgarh-Vadodara

Vadodara-Sachin
Vadodara-Sachin
Jawahar
Jawahar Nehru
Nehru Port-
Port-
Sachin(near
Sachin(near Surat)
Surat)

Planned
Planned Dedicated
Dedicated Freight
Freight Corridors
Corridors
Population greater than 25 million East-West
East-West Dedicated
Dedicated Freight
Freight Corridor
Corridor
Population less than 25 million (connecting Kolkata-Mumbai)
(connecting Kolkata-Mumbai)
Note: Corridors Connecting Two Major Cities or North-South
North-South Dedicated
Dedicated Freight
Freight Corridor
Corridor
Mega Regions, 60 km or more apart, and with a (connecting
combined population of 25 million or more (connecting Delhi-Chennai)
Delhi-Chennai)

The figures in brackets represent population in East

East Coast
Coast Dedicated
Dedicated Freight
Freight Corridor
Corridor
Million units (connecting Kharagpur-Vijayawada)
(connecting Kharagpur-Vijayawada)

Source: Population Foundation of India. South-West

South-West Dedicated
Dedicated Freight
Freight Corridor
Corridor
Planning Commission of India (connecting
(connecting Chennai-Goa)
Chennai-Goa)