DFCCIL Flags off first trial run Double Stack Train on WDFCs 306 km Rewari – Madar Section

DFCCIL conducted an inaugural Trial-Run of Indian Railways (IR) freight trains on the newly built Rewari-Madar section of WDFC, covering a distance of about 306 kms (Total 663 track Km) on 27.12.2019. The trial run was flagged off by Station Sr. Executive Sh. Ravindra Sharma in the presence of MD Sh. Anurag Sachan, MD DFCCIL, Director OP&BD Sh. Vivek Srivastava, Director Finance Sh. Naresh Salecha, CVO Sh. Ashish Kumar, CVO, senior Indian Railways officials, Contractors etc. today.

This section falls in Haryana State (for appx 79 Km in Mahendragarh & Rewari districts) and Rajasthan State (for appx 227 Km in Jaipur, Ajmer, Sikar, Nagaur & Alwar districts). This section contains 16 major bridges and viaduct (1 viaduct & 15 major bridges), 270 minor bridges, 4 Rail Fly Overs, 19 Road Over Bridges (11 completed and 8 under construction) & 178 road under bridges eliminating 148 Level crossings. There are 9 newly built DFC stations in this section, six crossing stations (i.e. New Dabla, New Bhagega, New Sri Madhopur, New Pachar Malikpur, New Sakun and New Kishangarh) and three junction stations (i.e. New Rewari, New Ateli and New Phulera).

After having successfully run Track Recording Car of RDSO on 20th and 22nd October 2019 and Oscillation trails of BOXNS Wagons at 110 Kmph, trial runs are being conducted on the DFCCIL tracks. These wagons have a Tare weight i.e. own weight of 19.85 ton and a carrying capacity of 80.15 ton. These wagons have a 14% more weight carrying capacity than the wagons being currently used on Indian Railways. The DFCCIL infrastructure is well placed to utilise the carrying capacity of these wagons. Currently, Indian Railways freight trains can carry 61 -71 ton weight per freight carriage at an approximate speed of 60 kmph. The newer, advanced wagons can carry weights upto 81 ton per wagon at an approximate speed of 100 kmph. The newer wagons are safer and modern too.

Trial runs of BLCS-A and BLCS-B wagon prototype have also ensued. These wagons have enhanced axle load of 25 and been designed for DFCCIL by RDSO’s wagon department. The design will maximize capacity utilization and uniform distributed and point loading. These wagons on a long-haul double stack container train on the WDFC can carry 4 times in terms of container units compared to the current traffic on IR.

DFCCIL will run freight train at the maximum speed of 100 km/per hour as against the current maximum speed of 75 kmph on Indian Railway tracks whereas the average speed of freight trains will also be increased from existing speed of 26 kmph on Indian Railways lines to 70 kmph on Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC).

Cost :-

Total cost of works in this section is 3918 Cr, excluding land.

Industrial Areas likely to benefit:-

The opening of this stretch will benefit various industries in Rewari – Manesar, Narnaul, Phulera & Kishangarh areas of Rajasthan & Haryana. In addition to this, the container depot of CONCOR at Kathwas will also come on DFC map and get advantage in terms of faster throughput.

Highpoints

 

• Heavy Haul train operation with 32.5 Ton axle load has been envisaged for the First time in India (currently practiced only in USA, Canada, Brazil, Australia, China, Russia South-Africa and Sweden-Norway)
• Double stack containers
• Double line electric (2 X 25 KV) track to undertake higher haulage at higher speeds
• Automated New Track Construction (NTC) machine with record single day track laying of more than 3 km.
• More Powerful Locomotives 7000 kW (9000 HP) CO-CO 6 axles
• High rise Over Head Equipment (OHE) of 7.4 meter height (existing IR OHE 5.5 m) for double stack container movement on flat wagons
• Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) for safe and efficient operation
• Elimination of road crossing
• Connecting Multi Modal Logistic Hubs and Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
• Water Conservation through Rainwater harvesting in all the stations and RUBs (road under bridge)
• Reduced Energy Consumption using latest technology
• Recycling and Re-use – Construction materials and Waste management
• Green Initiatives – developed as “Low Carbon & Energy Efficient Green Transportation” with reduce GHG emissions w.r.t. freight transportation by existing rail and road system
• Exclusive operation for freight trains

DFCCIL has been set up as a special purpose vehicle to undertake planning, development, mobilization of financial resources, construction, maintenance and operation of Dedicated Freight Corridors. In the first phase the organisation is constructing the Western DFC (1504 Route km) and Eastern DFC (1856 route km) spanning a total length of 3360 route km. The EDFC starting from Sanehwal near Ludhiana (Punjab) will pass through the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand to terminate at Dankuni in West Bengal. The Western Corridor connecting Dadri in Utttar Pradesh to Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Mumbai will traverse through the states of UP, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharshtra. Phase – I of WDFC & EDFC (excluding the Sonnnagar – Dankuni PPP section) will be completed by 2021.

Timelines:

 

EDFC

 

Section	Length	Time of Completion
Khurja – Bhaupur	351 km	Partly trial runs have started on Bhadan. By FY 2019-20, the total 351 km will be commissioned
Bhaupur – Mughalsarai	402 km	Dec-2020
Sonnagar – Mughalsarai	137 km	Dec-2020
Khurja – Dadri	46 km	Dec-2020
Khurja – Ludhiana	401 km	Dec 2021
Entire EDFC (Excluding PPP)		2021

 

 

WDFC

 

Section	Length	Time of Completion
Rewari – Palanpur	641 km	Mar-2020
Rewari – Dadri	127 km	Mar-2021
Palanpur – Makarpura	308 km	Sep-2021
Makarpura – JNPT	430 km	Dec-2021
Entire WDFC		Entire WDFC