APL IndiaLinx, its rail operations arm in the country, stacked 90 40-foot boxes two-high on a train that departed Mundra Port on the India’s West Coast June 16 for a run to the inland container rail terminal at Kishangarh, near Delhi.
Indian Railways recently decided to allow stack train access along this corridor.
The rail authority plans to provide a freight-dedicated network of railroads with double-stack train access connecting key gateway ports and major North Indian industrial centers before the end of 2016. APL IndiaLinx plans to expand its stacked train service network as more rail corridors are allowed double-stack access.
'Double-stack trains are becoming an imperative in the rapidly growing Indian market,' said Amitabha Chaudhuri, managing director of APL IndiaLinx. 'They help to ease congestion at ports where capacity constraint of rail corridors exists. Shippers also stand to enjoy improved connectivity between the key gateway ports and the major industrial centers in North India, and predictability, as we roll out stacked train services.'
