At current, the DFC provides truck-on-train companies on each the Jap and Western Devoted Freight Corridorss.
In line with officers of the Devoted Freight Hall (DFC), the truck-on-train service is open for all “possible” items and merchandise.
“To date we’ve efficiently carried out trials for auto-components, whereas there are common companies for perishables comparable to milk and cattle feed. Relying on demand, we wish to ramp up companies,” a DFCCIL official advised businessline.
What’s truck-on-train service?
The truck-on-train service is one the place loaded vans are straight carried to their locations on railway wagons. This ‘Roll on Roll off’ (Ro-Ro) service that mixes highway and rail transport, carries vans on Railway wagons from origin to vacation spot, or on a piece of the journey.
Konkan Railways was the primary to supply Ro-Ro companies as a devoted facility In India. Flat BRN wagons (with out facet partitions) with strengthened base, initially used for carrying metal merchandise, have been deployed for RoRo operations.
The Indian Railways formally launched the service in 2016. Southwestern Railways adopted it on the Bengaluru-Solapur route, however the service was halted after a number of journeys
.Milk trains
In line with the official, the milk and cattle feed service was launched in June 2023. The service started with 25 loaded vans day by day oneither facet. The vans carried milk tankers from Gujarat to the Nationwide Capital Area, and cattle feed for farmers and milk unions on the return.
For 25 vans, the earnings are estimated at Rs 8,00,000 per journey.
“At current two trains (with milk and cattle feed) run on DFC, with truck-on-train companies between New Palanpur-New Rewari and New Rewari-New Palanpur,” the official added.
It was discovered that the transit time for Millennium (milk) trains for Banas Dairy through DFC’s New Palanpur station in Gujarat to Palwal in Haryana, overlaying a distance of roughly 855 km, was diminished to 14.49 hours, from the earlier 23.29 hour.
“This resulted in a close to 40 per cent discount in journey time. Now, the milk trains originate from New Palanpur (WDFC) and run on WDFC as much as New Prithla in Haryana. From right here, they transfer on the Indian Railways alignment, earlier than terminating at Hind Terminals Multi Modal Logistics Park in Palwal,” the official added.
Auto-component transport
In line with the official, the truck-on-train service for auto-parts transportation “is open for all routes of DFC.”
Nonetheless, at current, the demand doesn’t convert into practice load. As of now, auto-ancillaries are transported by way of truck-on-train trains.
The truck-on-train service for auto elements was initiated with three vans travelling from Gurgaon and Manesar to Gujarat’s Mehsana, with Maruti auto components. A distance of 700 km was coated in 12 hrs, which generally takes a day by highway.
The Rewari station has the capability to ship such trains each three hours and round 250 vans in a day. And the plan is to increase it to 1,000, one other official mentioned.
“We anticipate this section to select up through the years. The truck operator saves cash on a number of fronts, whereas the initiative reduces carbon emissions,” the official mentioned.
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