NFR Completes Meghalaya’s First Full Freight Rake Loading at Mendipathar
The December 28 coal consignment is cited by the railway as evidence of the station’s readiness for larger freight movement.
Overview
- A full rake of 42 covered wagons carrying coal was loaded for Jalalgarh in Bihar’s Purnia district, according to the Northeast Frontier Railway.
- The operation at Mendipathar was completed within eight hours and 30 minutes, NFR CPRO Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said.
- Mendipathar is Meghalaya’s sole railhead and entered the freight network with its first unloading on February 4, 2025.
- From February to December 2025, the station handled 29 mini rakes and six full rakes, reported as equivalent to 20.5 full rakes.
- NFR says expanded freight handling at Mendipathar will ease movement of goods, support local industries, and improve market access in the region.