RAILWAY FREIGHT AGGREGATION:

FOR SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS

Krishna Prasad R – IRTS (P) 2015

Rail is Environmentally and Economically Sustainable.

‘Small’ Hot Rolling Steel Plant – Smaller Inputs, Smaller Outputs

Kathipara, Chennai

SOLUTIONS

Realtime Network

Analysis and

Computational

Modeling to

achieve

Aggregation,

Distribution,

Transmission

Stations with very

long loop-lines for

‘train aggregation’

AGGREGATION THROUGH AUTOMATION

Consignors

•Coimar

from

Coimbatore

•Madhur

from

Madurai

•Tirumal

from Trichy

Consignees

•Bhim from

Bhiwani

•Rohit from

Rohtak

•Guru from

Gurugram

Aggregate

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL:

DECISIONS AT ORIGIN

Handling 80 Tonne Alumium Ballet?

Containers attached to Passenger Trains

Disaggregate to VPH

Wait for more consignments and run Rake-Load

Coimbatore Madurai Trichy

80 Tonnes

Aluminium Ballet

300 kg Copper Wire

Coil

150 kg Pepper

10 Tonnes Copper

Wire Coils

12 Tonnes

Aluminium Ballet

250 kg Copper

Wires

LOGISTICS AND COMPUTATIONAL

MODELING

Forecasting - Need to deal

with data we don’t yet

Network Graphing - Data

about multiple

nodes/locations, traffic

Processing – From Data to

Objective Decisions

MORE COMPUTATIONAL DECISIONS

Towards Chennai or Delhi or A Third

Intermediate point?

How about Multiple Destinations?

HCPV Rakes or Container rakes?

Deaggrega

tion

Similar

Decisions:

Wait,

Parcels,

Containers,

Rakes,

AGGREGATION BEYOND RAKES

Creating Dedicated Stations for Jumbo Rakes

But how?

7.353 km long BHP Billiton Iron Ore Train - 682 wagons and 8 GE AC6000 locos moving 82 kilo tonnes

STATION RE-DESIGN ACTION PLAN:

TARGET STATIONS

Near Major Hubs like Chennai, Vizag, Delhi etc.

Double Line Crossing Stations with four lines

Move Points, Signals

Extend Loop-line Lengths to 2.8 – 5.6 km

Extend Platform/siding

REDESIGNED STATIONS: SUPERJUMBO

RAKES

Station can accommodate jumbo Trains with 2-3

rake lengths!

One such station for every 100-200 kms.

Superjumbo Trains stop only at stations.

Can also be used for Jumbo Coaching Trains with

amendment to rules.

THANK YOU!