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Indian Railways develop new freight wagons to transport cars |
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New Delhi: Indian Railways have developed new freight wagons that can transport cars efficiently and is planning to run them in routes with a good business potential.
Currently, bulk of cars coming out of factories for city outlets are transported by road. The trial run for these special purpose wagons has ended and they have been already initiated into regular service in Gurgaon-Mundra Port and Gurgaon-Chennai circuits, according to the sources in the Railway Ministry.
The sources opined that transporting by rails would be far more efficient than trucks. Each rake comprising the modified wagons can transport up to 270 cars of various types with 100 kmph speed potential.
The technological breakthrough of modifying such wagons was achieved by Lucknow-based Research Designs and Standards Organisation recently which converted a particular type of BCL wagon to transport cars.
(Posted on : 01/07/2009)
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