DFCCIL - OCC - Operations Control Centre

   

OCC - Operation Control Centre 

WDFC 

• At Ahmedabad 

• Operationalised in March 2023 

• Controls entire WDFC’s Train operations, Signalling, and Power Supply and monitor the health of Rolling Stock & Track Safety. 

• It is equipped with advanced technologies and new applications for Train operations. 

• SCADA - Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition operations 

• TPC - Traction Power Controller operations will be done from the OCC 

•  Nerve-centre of WDFC - 1506 KMs - Double Track Electrified 2 x 25 KV From Mumbai JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) to Dadri via Vadodara, Ahmedabad & Rewari, covering the States of Haryana, UP, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra. 

• Green Building

• Serve the Round-the-Clock 

EDFC

• Going to be a launch 

• OCC - for EDFC - Prayagraj, UP - World’s Second Largest OCC  

• Command Centre for the entire route length of 1856 KMs of EDFC 

• Green Building rating of GRIHA4 - equipped with Solar power and rainwater harvesting 

• 1560 Sq Meter with a video wall of more than 90 metres. 

•  The Divyang-friendly one 

• Modern interiors, Best-in-class acoustics, ergonomically designed to suit the needs of the Traffic Controllers 

• Integrated SCADA with TMS (Train Management System) - will enable the Traction Controllers to monitor, control as well as remotely operate power supply equipment at Traction Sub Stations, Sectioning and Parallelling posts for the Entire Network. 

•  Under the Make in India or Atma Nirbhar initiative, the system has been developed by Alstom, and supported by their design teams in Bangalore. 

• EDFC - 1875 KMs - Two distinct segments: 

• Double Track - 1409 KMs - Dankuni to Khurja 

• Single Track - 447 KMs - Khurja to Dadri   

              DFCCIL Network 

State	WDFC	EDFC	Total	% Share
UP	19	1078	1097	32
Rajasthan	567	-	567	16
Gujarat	565	-	565	16
Haryana	177	72	249	7
Bihar	-	239	239	7
West Bengal	-	203	203	7
Jharkhand	-	195	195	6
Maharashtra	178	-	178	6
Punjab	-	88	88	3
Total	1506	1875	3381	100

Key Points for MCQ  

1. DFCCIL stands for Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited

2. OCC stands for Operations Control Centre 

3. OCC - WDFC - Ahmedabad

4. OCC - EDFC - Prayagraj 

5. OCC at Prayagraj - going to be launch - World’s Second Largest one

6. OCC at Ahmedabad - Operationalised in March 2023 

7. SCADA stands for Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition  

8. DFCCIL - 3381 KMs

9. WDFC - 1506 KMs 

10. EDFC - 1875 KMs  

11. UP covers - Highest Network of DFCCIL - 36 % 

12.  DFCCIL - Incorporated - in 2006 -  as a Schedule A Company under the Companies Act, 1956 

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