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SPECIAL FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (SFTO) SCHEME

No. 2012/TC(FM)/4/10 · 2018-07-02
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Circular numberNo. 2012/TC(FM)/4/10
Date2018-07-02
TypeRates Master Circular
Topicfreight
DirectorateTraffic Commercial (Freight Marketing)
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
Official PDFindianrailways.gov.in

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

No. 2016/TC (FM)/ 4/12(SFTO) Rail Bhavan, New Delhi— 110 001, dated 92.07.2018

General Managers,
All Indian Railways.

Sub: SPECIAL FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (SFTO) SCHEME.

मे के मी मं मे
Ministry of Railways has reviewed the existing Policy on “SPECIAL FREIGHT TRAIN
OPERATOR (SFTO) SCHEME” which was issued vide Freight Marketing Circular No. 15 of 2013
under Railway Board’s letter No. 2012/TC(FM)/4/10 dated 24.06.2013 along with amendments issued,
dated 24.09.2014 and 16.01.2015. The revised Special Freight Train Operator Scheme shall be in
supersession of existing policy. Copy of the revised policy is attached.

Necessary changes may accordingly be made in the Agreement by incorporating the new clauses
in the existing agreements of SFTO Operators as per the revised policy.

This scheme will come into force with immediate effect.

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

‘Qa

(Mudit Chandra)
Director Freight Marketing

The receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.

DA: As above.

No. 2016/TC (FM)/ 4/12(SFTO) Rail Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001, dated 02.07.2018

Copy forwarded to:
1, The Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General of India (Railways), Room No. 224, Rail Bhawan with
36 spares.

2. Principal Financial Advisor, All Indian Railways.
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For Financial Commissioner/Railways

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No. 2016/TC (FM)/ 4/12(SFTO) Rail Bhavan, New Delhi—110 001, datedO2 .07.2018
1. The Principal Chief Commercial Manager, All Indian Railways.

2. The Principal Chief Operations Manager, All Indian Railways.

3. The Chief Freight Traffic Manager, All Indian Railways.

4. The Chief Commercial Manager (FM), All Indian Railways.

5. CAO/PTS, Northern Railways, IRCA Building, New Delhi.

6. The Managing Director / Chief Commercial Manager, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., Belapur

Bhawan, Plot no. 6, Sector-11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai — 400014.

7. The Managing Director, Centre For Railway Information System (CRIS), Chanakyapuri, Near
National Rail Museum, New Delhi.

8. Director General, National Academy for Indian Railways, Lalbaug, Vadodara - 390004, Gujarat.

9. Director General, Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management, Hardoi By-pass Road, P.O.
Manak Nagar, Lucknow — 226 011 Uttar Pradesh.

10. AM(Traffic), AM(Commercial), AM(Mech.), Adv.(F), Adv.(Vig.), Adv. (Chg), EDPM, EDPG,
EDTC(R), EDV(T), ED(FC), EDME(Chg.), DF(C), Dir (Chg.), Dir (Punct.) in Railway Board for
information please.

11. PSO/Sr.PPS to CRB, FC, MT, ME, M(RS), M(Tr.), MS and Secretary, R. Bd. for kind information
of CRB, FC, MT, ME, M(RS), M(Tr.), MS and Secretary. a

(Mudit Chandra)
Director Freight Marketing

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SPECIAL FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR (SFTO) SCHEME
1.0 GENERAL
The objective of the policy is to increase Railways share in transportation of non conventional
traffic in high capacity and special purpose wagons thereby increasing commodity base of Rail
traffic. Induction of better design of wagons to increase through put per train will also be
facilitated.
This policy provides an opportunity to logistics service providers or manufacturers to invest in
wagons and use advantages of rail transport to tie up with the end users and market the train
services owned by them for rail transportation of selected commodity to create a win-win
situation for railways and themselves. The terms and conditions of the policy are indicated as
under:
2.0 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Definitions-and Abbreviations of some of the terms used in this document are as under:

2.1 ACT means Railway Act 1989
2.2 ‘CCM/FM’ means Chief Comm

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