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FM Circular No. 29 of 2024 · 2024-11-08
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Circular numberFM Circular No. 29 of 2024
File numberNo. 2024/TC(FM)/18/11
Date2024-11-08
TypeFreight Marketing Circular
Topicfreight
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Development of Exclusive Container Rail Terminal on Railway land opened for handling container traffic only and shall be termed as "Exclusive Container

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FM Circular No. 29 of 2024

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2024/TC(FM)/18/11 Rail Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001, dated 08.11.2024

The General Managers,

1. Central Railway, CSTM, Mumbai 9. North Western Railway, Jaipur

2. Eastern Railway, Fairlie Place, Kolkata 10. Southern Railway, Chennai

3. East Central Railway, Hajipur 11. South Central Railway, Secunderabad

4. East Coast Railway, Bhubaneshwar 12. South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach, Kolkata
5. Northern Railway, New Delhi 13. South East Central Railway, Bilaspur

6. North Central Railway, Prayagraj 14. South Western Railway, Hubli

7. North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur 15. Western Railway, Churchgate, Mumbai

8. Northeast Frontier Railway, Maligaon 16. West Central Railway, Jabalpur

Sub: Development of Exclusive Container Rail Terminal on Railway land

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In order to promote container traffic, a need has been felt to issue policy guidelines for
development of container terminals on railway land.

Accordingly, guidelines for development of Exclusive Container Rail Terminal (ECRT) on
Railway land have been formulated and are enclosed in Annexure 1.

These guidelines shall be applied as "proof of concept" on the identified location in Indian
Railway. An indicative list of such locations is attached as Annexure 1A. However, Zonal Railways
may add other locations if sufficient market is available for domestic container traffic or they may
delete some of the listed locations.

This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.

Enclosure/As above Ns. \ “5
Ashutosh hra

Joint Director Freight Marketing

No2024/TC(FM)/18/11 Rail Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001, dated 08.11.2024
Copy forwarded for information to:

1. The PFAs, All Indian Railways.
2. The Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General of India (Railways), Rail Bhawan.

For Member यान Board

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FM Circular No. 29 of 2024

No. 2024/TC(FM)/18/11 Rail Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001, dated 08.11.2024

Copy for information and necessary action to:

1. The Principal Chief Operations Managers, All Indian Railways.

The Principal Chief Commercial Managers, All Indian Railways.

The Chief Traffic Planning Manager, All Indian Railways.

The Principal Chief Engineers, All Indian Railways.

The Chief Commercial Managers (FM), All Indian Railways.

Director General, RDSO, Manak Nagar, Lucknow.

Director, Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), Manak Nagar, Lucknow.
Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara.

The Managing Director/Chief Commercial Manager, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., Belapur
Bhawan, Plot No. 6, Sector-11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai — 400014.

10. Managing Director, CRIS, Chanakyapuri, Near National Rail Museum, New Delhi.

11. General Manager, FOIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

12. Managing Director, DFCCIL, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

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Ashutosh Mishra
Joint Director Freight Marketing

No. 2024/TC(FM)/18/11 Rail Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001, dated 08.11.2024

Copy for kind information to:

1. OSD-to-MR, EDPG-to-MR, EDPG-to-MOSR(D), EDPG-to-MOSR(J)

2. Chairman & CEO, Member (O&BD), Member (Finance), Member (Infra.), Member (T&RS), DG(RPF)
and Secretary Railway Board, New Delhi.

3. AM(Traffic), AM(C), PED (Infra), PED (Vig.), EDTC(Rates), EDTT(S), EDTT(F), ED(Plg.), ED(Infra-l),
EDV(T), EDF(C), ED/IP, DTT(Coord), OSD/Chairman & CEO, OSD/Member (O&BD) and DTC(R)/
Railway Board, New Delhi.

FM Circular No. 29 of 2024

Annexure 1

Guidelines for development of Exclusive Container Rail Terminal (ECRT)
on Railway land

Objective: To develop exclusive container rail terminals on identified railway locations to
promote container traffic. The salient features of the policy are as under:

1. Zone (PCCM and PCOM) may declare an existing Goods shed/ any new terminal to be
opened for handling container traffic only and shall be termed as "Exclusive Container
Rail Terminal (ECRT)". An indicative list in this regard is giv

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