With the increase in the average speed of goods trains on Indian Railways, there was a gradual increase in freight traffic. Along with this, the average speed of goods trains on West Central Railway has topped in Indian Railways.
It is worth mentioning that due to the smooth operation of goods trains in WCR, the transportation of goods is becoming more and more fast, which includes transportation of more and more goods trains by WCR.
In this series, the operation of long haul goods trains on major railway sections has been given impetus by West Central Railway. In the year 2015-16, the first long haul goods trains started running by West Central Railway on Indian Railways.
In the last few years, development of railway tracks and infrastructure has been accelerated by West Central Railway for maximum movement of goods trains and 100 percent work of electrification is completed in WCR.
The maximum speed limit of goods trains has been increased on the main railway sections of all the three divisions. Doubling and tripling work completed in major railway sections.
It is noteworthy that in long haul freight trains, two goods trains of 58 wagons each are combined together to make a complete goods train of 116 wagons, so that instead of two freight trains, it can be operated in the path of one train. In the last eight months (April 2021 to November 2021), 886 long haul goods trains were operated by WCR.