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Revised Private Freight Terminal (PFT) Scheme

Freight Marketing Circular No. 05 of 2012 · 2012-04-23
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Circular numberFreight Marketing Circular No. 05 of 2012
File numberNo. 2011/TC(FM)/14/14.
Date2012-04-23
TypeFreight Marketing Circular
Topicfreight
DirectorateTraffic Commercial (Freight Marketing)

Summary

Revised Private Freight Terminal (PFT) Scheme 5.2.2 Private sidings built on private land in terms of the private siding policy for

Text of the circular

Freight Marketing Circular No. 05 of 2012

भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
( रेलवे बोर्ड RAILWAY BOARD )

No. 2011/TC(FM)/14/14. New Delhi Dt. 23.04.2012

General Managers,
All Indian Railways.

Sub: Revised Private Freight Terminal (PFT) Scheme.

The policy guidelines on “Private Freight Terminal (PFT)* were issued by the Ministry of
Railways vide Freight Marketing Circular No. 14 of 2010 under letter No. 2008/TC(FM)/14/2
dated 31.05.2011. Ministry of Railways has reviewed the existing policy guidelines on “Private
Freight Terminal (PFT)”. A copy of revised “Private Freight Terminal (PFT)” is enclosed
herewith. The revised policy will be in supersession of existing “Private Freight Terminal (PFT)”
circulated vide Freight Marketing Circular No. 14 of 2010 under letter No. 2008/TC(FM)/14/2
dated 31.05.2012 alongwith its amendments vide Freight Marketing Circular No. 6 of 2011 dated
21.06.2011.

The revised scheme will come into force with immediate effect.
This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.

The receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.

DA: As Above (Rita Raj)
Director Freight Marketing

No. 2011/TC(FM)/14/14. New Dethi Dt. 23.04.2012

Copy to:
1. FA&CAO, All Indian Railways.
2. DAI (Railways) with 36 spares.

for Financial Commissioner/Railways.
No. 2011/TC(FM)/14/14. New Delhi Dt. 23.04.2012

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:
1. Chief Operations Managers, All Indian Railways
2. Chief Commercial Managers, All Indian Railways
3. Chief Mechanical Engineers, All Indian Railways
4. Director General, RDSO, Manak Nagar, Lucknow.

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Freight Marketing Circular No. 05 of 2012

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Director General, Railway Staff College, Vadodara.

6. Director, Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), Manak Nagar,
Lucknow.

7. Managing Director, Konkan Railway Corporation, Belapur Bhavan, Plot No. 6, Sector-11,

CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai — 400014.
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(Rita Raj

8. Managing Director, DFCCIL. Pragiti Maidan, New Delhi.
Director Freight Marketing

No. 2011/TC(FM)/14/14. New Delhi Dt. 23.04.2012

Copy for information to:
1. CRB, FC, MT, ME, MM, MS, ML and Secretary Railway Board, New Dethi.
2. AM(T), AM(C), Adv.(Rates), Adv.(F), Adv.(Inf.), Adv.(Vig.), EDTT(M), EDTT(S),
EDTT(F), ED(PLG.), EDT(PPP), EDF(C). EDV(T), DTT(Cord.), OSD(CRB), OSD(MT)

and JDTC(R)/Railway Board. _ poy _

(Rita Raj)
Director Freight Marketing

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Freight Marketing Circular No. 05 of 2012

Sub: Policy Guidelines — Private Freight Terminals (PFT)

Policy guidelines for development of Private Freight Terminal (PFT) were issued by
Ministry of Railways under Freight Marketing Circular No. 14 of 2010 vide letter No.
2008/TC(FM)/14/2 dated 31.05.2010 and Freight Marketing Circular No.06 of 2011 issued vide
letter No. 2008/TC(FM)/14/2 dated 21.06.2011. The policy guidelines have been reviewed by
Board and accordingly, in supersession to the policy guidelines issued vide above referred
circulars, revised policy guidelines have been approved by Board as under in the form of Policy
Circular:

1.0 Introduction

This policy seeks to supplement the in-house programme of Ministry of Railways by
opening the area of terminal development with participation of the logistics service providers to
create world-class logistics facilities.

A prospective TMC will need to apply for setting up a PFT in accordance with terms and
conditions of the PFT Policy.

1.1 This policy aims to stimulate development of privately owned freight terminals not on
Railway land for dealing with railway traffic including parcel traffic and containers.

1.2 Any freight terminal, private siding or any other type of goods handling facility on Railway
owned land is excluded from the applicability of this policy.

1.3 A TMC who has already been granted approval for setting up a PFT under earlier PFT
Policy will have the option to continue to operate under the earlier PFT Policy 

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