Railways to introduce Vande Bharat freight trains

New Delhi: Indian Railways is soon going to launch high-speed freight trains on the Vande Bharat platform. The superfast parcel service has aimed to capture high-value and time-sensitive cargo consignments now being moved using other forms of transport.

The trains have been designed for palletized container transportation at a speed of 160 kmph. The 1,800 mm wide rakes having automatic sliding doors would have provisions to load reefer containers for temperature-sensitive cargo, a pneumatically retractable roller floor system with a locking facility for easy handling of pallets, and a payload of 264 tonnes.

As per sources, the first service would be introduced in the Delhi and Mumbai regions. The Integral Coach Factory in Chennai is expected to roll out the first freight EMU rake in December this year.

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