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The plan is to create capacity ahead of demand, which in turn would cater to future growth in demand right up to 2050 and also increase the modal share of Railways to 45 percent in freight traffic.

Railways plans to increase freight traffic share with national rail plan

24 March 2021 5:48 PM IST

March 24, 2021: Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India – 2030 to create a ‘future ready’ railway system by 2030.

The dwarf container provides 67 percent increase in volume when double-stacked and can carry a weight of 71 tonnes, against 40 tonnes by an ISO container.

Railways runs double-stacked dwarf container train Mehsana to JNPT

5 March 2021 1:48 PM IST

March 5, 2021: Indian Railways undertook a successful trial run of a double-stacked dwarf container train from Mehsana (Gujarat) to JN Port on March...

The two double-stack ship to rail dedicated trains, one leaving from Mundra and the other from Pipavav, were clubbed at New Kishangarh Junction for the onward journey on the WDFC to New Ateli Junction and were split from there for GatewayRail%u2019s Inland Container Depot %u2013 Gurugram (Garhi Harsaru).

CMA CGM launches train service on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

3 Feb 2021 5:36 PM IST

February 3, 2021: The CMA CGM Group launched CMA CGM – GatewayRail PYTHON Train Service on February 1, 2021, on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor...

Finance Minister announced that more than 13,000 km length of roads, at a cost of %u20B93.3 lakh crore, has already been awarded under the %u20B95.35 lakh crore Bharatmala Pariyojana project of which 3,800 kms have been constructed.

Budget 2021: Bringing down logistics costs at the core, says FM

2 Feb 2021 11:29 AM IST

February 2, 2021: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union budget for 2021-22 in the parliament on Monday (February 1) with a focus on...

The FICCI-CRISIL knowledge paper- Indian Railways 2.0: Re-claiming Pole Position in Freight Transport, was released at the inaugural session of the conclave by the minister.

Freight trains running at twice the speed from last year: Piyush Goyal

29 Jan 2021 4:51 PM IST

January 29, 2021: Piyush Goyal, minister of railways, commerce & industry and consumer affairs, food and public distribution, while addressing the...

This scheduled running of trains will help the trade in ensuring the timely connection of Exim cargo containers

Railways starts 6 time-tabled container train services to and fro JNPT

25 Jan 2021 12:13 PM IST

January 25, 2021: In order to ensure the timely connection of EXIM cargo containers, the Indian Railways has commenced six time-tabled container train...