The Hindu Business Line : Railways to launch fast track, freight corridors

The Indian Railways will establish freight corridors connecting the metro cities in the next few years, according to the Union Minister of Railways, Mr Lalu Prasad.

Announcing the two-phased fast-track plan ata public meeting here, he said a third line would be laid along the major routes exclusively for goods traffic.

The idea behind the project was to decongest traffic and facilitate smooth passage of passenger and goods trains.

In Phase-I, the third line would be laid between Ludhiana and Kolkata via Bihar, he said.

The New Delhi-Mumbai route would too have the additional line in the second phase.

The third line would be laid between Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata. He said the Railways would come up with world-class stations also.

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