Mumbai, Aug. 22 -- Indian Railways achieved a major operational milestone by successfully operating its first double-stack long-haul container train from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Mumbai, carrying 360 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) of containers to CONCOR's Goods Cargo Terminal (GCT) at Varnama in Vadodara Division.

Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw posted on X the video of the double-stack long-haul container train from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Mumbai, to Varnama in Vadodara Division.

The train, which departed from JNPT at 7 pm on August 21, covered a distance of approximately 422 km. The long-haul formation comprised two double-stack rakes, with the leading rake carrying 45+1 loads and hauled by locomo...