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AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (AFTO) SCHEME

Freight Marketing Circular No. 2 of 2013 · 2013-02-22
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Circular numberFreight Marketing Circular No. 2 of 2013
File numberNo. 2014/TC(FM)/4/22
Date2013-02-22
TypeCorrigendum
Topicfreight
DirectorateTraffic Commercial (Freight Marketing)
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
Official PDFindianrailways.gov.in

Summary

AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (AFTO) SCHEME 9.7 In case the AFTO sells his wagons to another AFTO or end user or WLC, necessary

Text of the circular

Freight Marketing / Master Circular / AFTO / 2014/ 0

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2014/TC(FM)/4/22 New Delhi, Dated: 92401. 2015

General Managers,
All Indian Railways.

SUB: AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (AFTO) SCHEME.

Policy on “AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (AFTO) SCHEME” was
issued vide Freight Marketing Circular No. 2 of 2013 under Railway Board’s letter No.
2010/TC(FM)/25/4 dated 22.2.2013. Since then, a number of amendments have been issued from
time to time. It has been decided to issue Freight Marketing Master Circular for AFTO duly
consolidating the following instructions / circulars on the subject:

(1) Freight Marketing Circular No. 2 of 2013 issued under Board’s letter No.
2010/TC(FM)/25/4 dated 22.02.2013.

(11) Corrigendum No. | to Freight Marketing Circular No. 2 of 2013 issued under Board’s
letter No. 2010/TC(FM)/25/4 dated 07.03.2013.

(iii) Para 4 of Freight Marketing Circular No.1 1 of 2013 issued under Board’s letter No.
2010/TC(FM)/25/4 Pt - I dated 21.05.2013.

(iv) Corrigendum No. 2 to Freight Marketing Circular No. 2 of 2013 issued under Board’s
letter No. 201 1/TC(EFM)/4/4 dated 01.08.2013.

(v) Corrigendum No. 3 to Freight Marketing Circular No. 2 of 2013 issued under Board’s
letter No. 201 1/TC(FM)/4/4 dated 31.03.2014.

Accordingly, the Freight Marketing Master Circular on Automobile Freight Terminal
(AFTO) Scheme ts enclosed herewith.

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. 2014/TC(FM)/4/22 New Delhi, Dated:02.. OL. 2645
Copy to: a -
1. FA&CAQO, All Indian Railways. \ Ayan थे

2. DAI (Railways) with 36 spares.

for Financial Commissidner/Railways

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Freight Marketing / Master Circular / AFTO / 2014/ 0

No. 2014/TC(FM)/4/22 New Delhi, Dated: 02. O12. 2015

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. Managing Director, Konkan Railway Corporation, Belapur Bhavan, Plot No. 6, Sector-1 I,
CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai — 400014.
Director General, RDSO, Manak Nagar, Lucknow.
Director General, Railway Staff College, Vadodara.
7. Director, Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), Manak Nagar,
Lucknow.
8. Managing Director, DFCCIL, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

DY

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(Rita Raj)
Director Freight Marketing

No. 2014/TC(FM)/4/22 New Delhi, Dated: 9g 01.2015

Copy for information to:

1. CRB, FC, MT, ME, MM, MS, ML and Secretary Railway Board, New Delhi.

2. AM(T), AM(C), EDTC(Rates), Adv.(F), Adv.(inf.), Adv.(Vig.), Adv. TT(M), EDT I(S),
EDTT(F), ED(PLG.), EDT(PPP), EDF(C), EDV(T), DT T(Cord.), OSD(CRB), OSD(MT)
and DTC(R)/Railway Board.

- नयी
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(Rita Raj)
Director Freight Marketing

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AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (AFTO) SCHEME

INDEX

CONTENT PAGE NO.

GENERAL

DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ELIGIBILITY

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REGISTRATION FEE AND VALIDITY

PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION

PROCUREMENT OF WAGONS

MAINTENANCE OF WAGONS

COMMODITY

FREIGHT PAYABLE

10 OPERATION OF TRAINS

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CHARGES

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LIEN

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AGREEMENT BETWEEN RAILWAY AND
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5 NODAL OFFICER

TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT 11

DISPUTE RESOLUTION 11-12
REVIEW OF THE POLICY 12

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Freight Marketing / Master Circular / AFTO / 2014/ 0

AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (AFTO) SCHEME

GENERAL

At present Indian Railways (IR)’s modal share in transportation of automobile traffic 1s very
meager. Apart from increasing IR’s modal share in transportation of automobile traffic, this
policy provides an opportunity to logistics service providers and road

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