City
Epaper

Indian Railways introduces innovative ideas for freight movement during lockdown

By ANI | Updated: April 17, 2020 22:35 IST

To ensure that larger volumes of consignments are delivered at a faster speed, Indian Railways have innovated by joining two freight trains together.

Open in App
To ensure that larger volumes of consignments are delivered at a faster speed, Indian Railways have innovated by joining two freight trains together.

The freight trains loaded from two different originating stations are clubbed at the nearest junction point and moved as single train up to the common junction point.

Under normal circumstances, one freight train contains 42 covered wagons and carries around 2600 tonnes, however, through this innovation, double the amount of volume is being transported.

According to the Indian Railways, by using this method, more than 3.2 Million Tonnes of food grains have been loaded between April 1 and April 16 as compared to 1.29 Million Tonnes in the same corresponding period last year.

( With inputs from ANI )

Tags: Indian Railways
Open in App

Related Stories

NationalRailway Recruitment 2025: Over 10,000 Job Vacancies Announced Across Multiple Zones

NationalIndian Railways Launches RailOne App to Simplify Train Travel Across India

MaharashtraMaharashtra Launches India's First Car Ferry Train from Kolad to Goa

MumbaiMumbai Local Train Travel = Life Risk? 922 Deaths Recorded In Five Months

NationalCan Modern Tech Solve the Chaos of Indian Railway Traffic Control?

National Realted Stories

NationalKarti Chidambaram backs India's firm rebuttal to Trump's tariff move

NationalOdisha to set up 835 model primary schools in first phase of flagship scheme

NationalHow US encouraged India to buy Russian oil to stabilise global energy markets

NationalDelhi Crime: Girl Shot Dead Inside Doctor’s Clinic in Jahangirpuri; Attacker on the Run

NationalCong's Manish Tewari invokes 1971 to counter US tariff move on India