INCREDIBLE FEAT! Indian Railways successfully conducts trial run of double stack container train between these regions | See Pics

In a major push to freight mobility, the Indian Railways has successfully conducted the first trial run for double stack container train.  The trial run was conducted between Mundra, Gujarat, and NCR and between Mundra to Kathuwas in Rajasthan  informed Railways Minister Piyush Goyal.  It is aimed at increasing connectivity between Gujarat ports with the rest of the India.

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Taking to Twitter, Piyush Goyal tweeted, "The first trial run for double stack container train from Mundra, Gujarat to NCR has been completed successfully. This will lead to improved connectivity with more efficient movement of freight & enhance logistics facilitation between ports in Gujarat with other parts of India."

In another tweet on Tuesday, the Ministry of Railways tweeted, "The first trial run for double stack container train from Mundra, Gujarat to Kathuwas, Rajasthan has been completed successfully."

Double Stack Long Haul Container Train Operation will have an enhanced axle load of 25 tons.  It has been designed for DFCCIL by RDSO’s wagon department. Trial runs of BLCS-A and BLCS-B wagon prototypes have been completed. The design will maximize capacity utilization and uniform distributed and point loading. These wagons on a long-haul double stack container train on the WDFC can carry four times in terms of container units compared to the current traffic on Indian Railways.  

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) will run freight trains at the maximum speed of 100 km/per hour as against the current maximum speed of 75 kmph on Indian Railway tracks whereas the average speed of freight trains will also be increased from existing speed of 26 kmph on Indian Railways lines to 70 kmph on DFC.

The Rewari - Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is situated in Haryana (approx. 79 Km, in Mahendragarh and Rewari districts) and Rajasthan (approx. 227 Km, in Jaipur, Ajmer, Sikar, Nagaur and Alwar districts).

It consists of nine newly built DFC stations  in which six are crossing stations viz. New Dabla, New Bhagega, New Sri Madhopur, New Pachar Malikpur, New Sakun and New Kishangarh while the other three in Rewari, New Ateli and New Phulera are junction stations.