TNPSC Thervupettagam

First ever RORO service

September 3 , 2020 1467 days 922 0
  • First ever RORO service of South Western Railway from Nelamangla (near Bengaluru) to Bale (near Solapur) has been started.
  • This shall be the only privately operated RORO train services on Indian Railways.
  • Roll On Roll Off (RORO) is a concept of carrying road vehicles loaded with various commodities, on open flat railway wagons.
  • RORO services are combination of best features of road and rail transports.
  • RO-RO train services were first introduced in Indian Railways on Konkan Railways in 1999.

 

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