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Adani Ports, JM Baxi Group co among firms to submit bids for building stations
February 16, 2021
DFCCIL had invited bids from companies that could own and operate private freight terminals near stations
DFCCIL had invited bids from companies that could own and operate private freight terminals near stations×
Adani Ports and SEZ, JM Baxi Group company and a joint venture of SKN Terminal Haryana City Gas are among companies that have submitted bids to invest in land to operate private freight terminals or multimodal logistics parks along Indian Railways’ dedicated freight corridor.
According to multiple sources, they have submitted bids for 14 stations. These include nine locations along the Western Corridor and four along the Eastern corridor. The locations for which Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) received bids are New Dadri, New Ateli, New Sanjali, New Phulera, New Bhagega, New Kishangarh, New Dharuheda, New Kanpur, New Muzaffarnagar, New Palghar
Container carriers active in trades out of India are increasingly investing in double-stack block train offerings bundled with priority terminal handling as they are primed to capitalize on national rail upgrades under way. That, in turn, is accelerating the pace of intermodal activity that has long proved less appealing to hinterland shippers traditionally favoring trucking
First ‘Python’ container train service on DFC to be flagged off on Monday
January 31, 2021
‘Python train’ service clubs two double-stack container trains, each carrying 180 containers, and pulled by three locomotives.
Gateway Rail Freight Ltd will flag off the first so-called ‘Python’ container train service on a recently opened section of Western dedicated freight corridor on Monday carrying 360 containers of French shipping Line CMA CGM S A.
‘Python train’ service clubs two double-stack container trains, each carrying 180 containers, and pulled by three locomotives.
Sachin Bhanushali, chief executive officer and whole-time director, Gateway Rail Freight Ltd, told BusinessLine that two double-stack container trains arriving from Mundra port and Pipavav port carrying import containers of CMA CGM will be put together at New Kishangarh (Madar Jn) in Rajasthan and hauled over 306 km to New Ateli (Rewari in Haryana).
Kudos to your late father : PM Modi touched by a tweet over dedicated freight corridors
PM Modi
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The eastern and the western dedicated freight corridors are being seen as a game-changer for India and will help in the development of new growth centres in different parts of the country, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while inaugurating the 306 kilometres long Rewari-Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) on Thursday. Earlier the 351-km New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) was inaugurated by PM Modi on December 29, 2020.
Meanwhile, PM Modi on Friday was touched after reading a tweet over these dedicated freight corridors in the country.