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Topicfreight
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Summary

freight structure, on most of the routes the road freight

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MOVING TOWARDS AGGREGATION: 
FREIGHT FORWARDER SCHEME OF RAILWAYS
1
Moving Towards Aggregation:
Freight Forwarder
Scheme of Railways
POLICY BRIEF

© The Energy and Resources Institute 2022
The material in this publication is copyrighted. Content from this discussion paper may be used for non-commercial 
purposes, provided it is attributed to the source. Enquiries concerning reproduction should be sent to the address: The 
Energy and Resources Institute, Darbari Seth Block, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, India
Author
Ms Palak Passi, Research Associate, TERI
Principal Investigator
Mr Sharif Qamar, Fellow and Area Convener, TERI
Reviewers
Mr Shri Prakash, Distinguished Fellow, TERI
Mr Deepak Nath, Former Chief Operation Manager, Indian Railways
Mr Mukesh Nigam, Former Additional Member, Commercial (Railway Board)
PUBLISHED BY
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.	 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................	 5
2.	 Background ....................................................................................................................................................	 5
3.	 Genesis of Aggregated Traffic in Indian Railways............................................................................................	 6
	 3.1	 Freight Forwarder Scheme .....................................................................................................................	 7
4.	 Freight Forwarder Scheme in Indian Railways................................................................................................	 8
5.	 Current Scenario of Freight Forwarder Scheme on Indian Railways.................................................................	12
6.	 Case Study | Kishanganj, New Delhi................................................................................................................	16
	 6.1	 Current Scenario at Kishanganj...............................................................................................................	16
	 6.2	 Issues identified......................................................................................................................................	22
	 6.3	 Key requirements of the freight forwarder at Kishanganj........................................................................	22
7.	 Issues and Challenges.....................................................................................................................................	22
	 7.1	 Comparison of Overall Cost of Freight Movement by Rail and Road.........................................................	24
8.	 Recommendations..........................................................................................................................................	27
	 8.1	 Guaranteed delivery of service................................................................................................................	27
	 8.2	 Terminal Facilities ...................................................................................................................................	27
	 8.3	 Access Facilities.......................................................................................................................................	28
	 8.4	 Facilities for handling..............................................................................................................................	28
	 8.5	 Standardization of warehousing facility..................................................................................................	28
	 8.6	 Mechanization in warehouses.....................................

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