The Indian Railway has achieved a new milestone by successfully conduct a trial run of Asia’s largest, a 4.5 km long freight train ‘Rudrastra’. The trial run was conducted from the Ganjkhwaja railway station in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh to Garhwa in Jharkhand covering a distance of 209 km in 5 hours 10 minutes at an average speed of 40.50 km per hour. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Uday Singh Meena said now freight trains will be sent from The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Division (DDU) of East Central Railway to the Dhanbad Division for quick loading and transportation of goods.
The Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also shared a video of the trial run and said Rudrastra is Bharat’s longest freight train of 4.5 km long. Rudrastra is Asia’s longest freight train, which will make freight transportation and loading quick. This will not only save resources but also time. Mr Meena said Rudrastra was prepared by adding three long haul (two goods trains each) racks.
A total of 345 wagons were included in it, with 72 tonnes of goods loaded in one empty wagon. He informed that two engines were attached in front and one with each rack after every 59 bogeys. In all, seven engines were used. One rack had 59 bogeys. He said in a way, five goods trains were lined up one after the other with the first goods train having two engines.
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