Railways' Trucks-on-Trains to ease highway congestion

Indian Railways has formally launched the “Trucks-on-Trains’ service, also called ToT, as part of its Dedicated Freight Corridor program, and widely known as DEC.

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It aims shift in the transportation industry, focusing entirely on speedy, eco-friendly, and efficient freight transport.The Indian Rail Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the new service model was conceptualised to boost the Indian economy in various ways, including reducing highway traffic congestion, fuel consumption, and pollution.

‘The service offered by the ToT service combines the practicality of road freight and the clean and green efficiency of an electrified rail system designed and developed as part of the DEC project. In this system, the loaded vehicles will travel along the DFC in specially adapted flatcars for the long haul, avoiding the highways. Then the trucks take over for the small distance involved in the initial and final mile.