Overview

• Rudrastra measures 4.5 km, comprises 354 wagons and seven engines coupled from six BOXN rakes.
• It completed a 200 km trial between Ganjkhwaja station in Uttar Pradesh and Garhwa Road station in Jharkhand in about five hours at an average speed of 40 km/h.
• The experimental run leveraged the Dedicated Freight Corridor before switching to conventional tracks and validated special technical coordination by the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Division.
• By linking six rakes into a single formation, Indian Railways expects to boost freight throughput while saving time, manpower and operational costs.
• Following the successful experiment, East Central Railway will integrate similar long-train operations into its regular logistics network.