Indian Railways Trialled Country'sLongest Goods Train Super Vasuki
On the occasion of completion of 75 years of India's independence, the Railways have conducted operational trial of longest goods train in the country under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Railways have named it Super Vasuki Train.
The railway was operated by South Eastern Central Railway. The 3.5 km long Super Vasuki goods train with 295 coaches travelled between Korba in Chhattisgarh to Rajnandgaon in Nagpur carrying 27000 tons of coal on 15 August.
It took about four minutes for Super Vasuki to pass through a station during this journey. According to the Railways, SuperVasuki has been prepared by combining five normal freight trains.
A 3000 MW power plant can be run throughout the day with as much coal as can be carried in Super Vasuki at a time. This is almost three times more than the current freight train capacity of the Railways.