He will also flag off the world's first Double Stack Long Haul 1.5
Kilometer long Container Train hauled by electric traction from New
Ateli -New Kishangarh during the event.
Governors and Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Haryana along with Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will also be present at the occasion.
The New Rewari - New Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight
Corridor is situated in Haryana and Rajasthan. It consists of nine newly
built dedicated freight corridor stations which includes three junction
stations in New Rewari, New Ateli and New Phulera.
The opening of this stretch will benefit various industries in Rewari -
Manesar, Narnaul, Phulera and Kishangarh areas of Rajasthan and Haryana
and will also enable better usage of the container depot of CONCOR at
Kathuwas. This section will also ensure seamless connectivity with the
western ports of Kandla, Pipavav, Mundhra, and Dahej situated in
Gujarat.
With the inauguration of this section, seamless connectivity between the
Western and Eastern dedicated freight corridors will be achieved. The
Prime Minister had on 29th of last month dedicated to the nation, the
351-kilometer New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of the Eastern freight
corridor.
The Double Stack Long Haul Container Train Operation which adds an
enhanced axle load of 25 tons will maximize capacity utilization. These
wagons on a long-haul double stack container train on the western
freight corridor can carry four times in terms of container units
compared to the current traffic on Indian Railways.
These freight trains will run at the
maximum speed of 100 km/per hour as against the current maximum speed of
75 km/per hour on the Indian Railway tracks. It has also been decided
that the average speed of freight trains will be increased from existing
speed of 26 km/per hour on Indian Railway lines to 70 km/per hour on
the dedicated freight corridors.
{ With input from news agency language)
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