Payload of BCN trains to go up by 78%, open wagon trains to carry 21% more

With the objective of increasing the carrying capacity, from 2008-09 onwards, manufacture of 20.3 tons axle load BCN and BOXN wagons will be stopped and only 22.9 tons axle load stainless steel wagons will be manufactured.

The newly designed stainless steel BCN wagon has a lower tare weight. Due to the shorter length of these wagons, instead of 40 wagons, the BCN wagon train will now accommodate 58 wagons, like BOXN wagon trains. Thus, the payload of the BCN trains will increase by 78% from 2300 tons to 4100 tons. Similarly, the payload of open wagon trains will increase by 22% to 4100 tons.

To realize the full potential of the newly designed high capacity wagons, in 2008-09, 5000 open wagons will be upgraded to stainless steel body, thereby reducing their tare weight by about two tons.

Source : Press Information Bureau

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