Western DFC Runs 345 TEU Double‑Stack Train, Raising Per‑Train Capacity

Overview

• DFCCIL confirmed on Tuesday that a double‑stack long‑haul train on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor carried 345 TEUs, a load the agency says is roughly equivalent to four conventional single‑stack trains.
• The Western corridor was engineered with about 7.1 metres of vertical clearance and overhead equipment near 7.54 metres, dimensions that permit safe two‑high container stacking that standard routes cannot support.
• The operating train was a coupled double‑stack long‑haul service, a configuration that pushes theoretical capacity to about 360 TEUs but in this run delivered 345 TEUs of loaded containers.
• The WDFC is also rolling out specialised services such as Truck‑on‑Train for milk and a Joint Parcel Product–Rapid Cargo Service for time‑sensitive e‑commerce, and states are developing Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals to link rail with road and ports.
• The DFC network now carries a growing share of national freight on a purpose‑built 2,843 km spine, which is freeing capacity on mixed passenger lines, speeding transit times, and offering potential to cut logistics costs and emissions.