Big breakthrough for Indian Railways after 40 years!

The Indian Railways has achieved yet another big feat in terms of speed trial of the new BOXNS wagons! In a major development, the Indian Railways has conducted speed trial -- up to 110 kmph -- of the new BOXNS wagons with the 25-tonne axle load on the newly built 193 km Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). 

A senior Railway Ministry official said, "The Research Design and Standards Organisation of the Railways conducted the trial on the Western DFC -- Phulera to Ateli," as per a report in IANS.

What happened during the trial of new BOXNS wagons?

- During the trial, the train attained an average speed of 86 kmph.

- The official termed it a big breakthrough and said the railways had to wait for the last 40 years "ever since we got the Casnub bogie design for the freight wagons".

- He said the BOXNS wagons cleared 100 kmph in both loaded and empty condition on the DFC. 

- According to railway officials, the freight wagons normally run at 60 kmph with 22.9-tonne axle load and at 45 kmph with 25-tonne axle load on few routes.

Rs 81,459 crore project: DFC equipped for heavy-haul train operation

-The Railways is constructing the DFC equipped for heavy-haul train operation. 

-The Rs 81,459 crore project received the Cabinet's nod in 2006 and has since then missed several deadlines due reasons, like procedural wrangles, land acquisition and environment clearances.

- Passing through nine states and 60 districts, the project is divided in Western and Eastern corridors.

- The DFC will have 48 stations/junctions along the Western DFC and 58 on the Eastern DFC. 

- The Western DFC covers 1,504 km from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust near Navi Mumbai to Dadri in UP, traversing through Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Phulera and Rewari. 

- The Eastern DFC covers 1,856 km from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni, near Kolkata, in West Bengal, and will travel through Haryana, UP, Bihar and Jharkhand.

- The DFC is expected to complement the Indian economy with an increased number of freight trains in eastern and western sectors.