Trucks-on-Trains

Context: Indian Railways, through its Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) network, is scaling up the Trucks-on-Trains (ToT) service to shift long-haul freight from roads to electrified rail. About Trucks-on-Trains: What is Trucks-on-Trains? Trucks-on-Trains (ToT) is a multimodal freight service under the DFC that allows loaded trucks to be carried on specially designed flat wagons for the …

Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

Topics Covered:Infrastructure- railways. Western Dedicated Freight Corridor What to study? For Prelims: Maps of proposed DFCs, DFCCIL. For Mains: DFCs- significance, need and challenges in construction. Context: The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCCIL) has opened the more than 300-km section between Rewari, Haryana to Madar, Rajasthan, for commercial trial runs. This is …