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Double Stack Train

December 30 , 2019 1711 days 1032 0

The trial run of the first freight train was conducted in the western dedicated freight corridor.
The train was flagged off by Dedicated Freight Corporation India Limited (DFCIL).
The train will be operated in the Rewari-Madar Section in Haryana and Rajasthan states.
DFCIL is currently running freight trains at speed of 75 kilometre per hour.
The double stack train is currently run only in countries such as China, Brazil, Australia, Canada, USA, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and Norway.
The 1,504-km western freight corridor begins at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and stretches till the country’s largest container port — Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, near Mumbai Passing through Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
It is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency.