NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the commercial operation of goods trains on Rewari (in Haryana) and Madar (near Ajmer) section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) on Thursday. Last week, PM inaugurated the first 351-km of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in Uttar Pradesh.
According to officials, the new section comprises 79 km in Mahendragarh and Rewari districts of Haryana and approximately 227 km in Rajasthan. There are nine newly built dedicated freight corridor stations in this section. The corridor is slated to be used for double-stack container operation.
These wagons on a long-haul double-stack container train on the western corridor can carry four times in terms of container units compared to the current traffic on Indian Railways.
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL) will run freight trains at the maximum speed of 100 kmph on this track as against the current maximum speed of 75 kmph on Indian Railway tracks.
The opening of this stretch will benefit various industries in Rewari–Manesar, Narnaul, Phulera and Kishangarh regions of Haryana and Rajasthan. In addition to this, the container depot of CONCOR at Kathwas will also come on the DFC map and get advantage in terms of faster throughput.
Earlier the DFCCIL had successfully run trains with wagons at 110 kmph on this stretch. The wagons to be used on this route have a 14% more weight carrying capacity than the wagons being currently used on Indian Railways.
“The DFCCIL infrastructure is well placed to utilise the carrying capacity of these wagons. Currently, Indian Railways freight trains can carry 61-71 tonne weight per freight carriage at an approximate speed of 60 kmph. The newer, advanced wagons can carry weights upto 81 tonne per wagon at an approximate speed of 100 kmph. The newer wagons are safer and modern too,” said an official.