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priority class as below:- Traffic Type Priority Sub- Priority When Iron Ore traffic or other raw material to steel plants is loaded from the customer’s own private siding to his own private siding at unloading end for domestic manufacturer 5.2 Block rake traffic will have preference over other traffic within the same

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PREFERENTIAL TRAFFIC ORDER 
No undue preference should be given to any individual or commodity 
by Railways in allotment of wagons as per section 70 of the Railways Act 
1989. 
But as per section 71 of Railway Act 1989 powers are given to Central 
Government to give preference for the moment of certain commodities in the 
interest of the Nation. 
Railway Administration shall give priority / preference mentioned in 
the order.  
PTO is current or valid for one year, but can be extended from time to 
time. 
All the commodities are grouped into 4 priorities, namely A, B, C & D. 
1. Priority ‘A’:
1.1. Military Traffic, when sponsored by MILRAIL and approved by Railway 
Board. 
2. Priority ‘B’:
2.1 Goods for emergency relief work for victims of natural calamities, like 
floods, drought, earth-quake etc. when sponsored by an officer not 
below the rank of Deputy Secretary of Central/State Government or a 
non-official organization nominated by the Central/State Government 
and accepted by the originating Zonal Railway or Railway Board. 
2.2 All Food grains except quota traffic notified by Railway Board. 
2.3 Levy sugar for Public Distribution System or other welfare schemes 
sponsored by FCI/State Government or their agencies approved by 
Railway Board. Proposals for sponsorship of any other commodity by a 
Central Government Agency will require specific approval of Railway 
Board.

3. Priority ‘C’:
3.1(a) Coal traffic when sponsored and accepted by authorities as under; 
COMMODITY 
SPONSORING AUTHORITY 
ACCEPTING AUTHORITY 
Coal 
& 
Coke 
including 
all 
variants 
(except 
Pet 
Coke), 
coal 
rejects & coal fines 
when loaded from 
a 
colliery 
siding 
(including 
siding 
serving a captive 
coal 
block), 
Washery 
siding, 
Steel Plant Siding, 
Coke Oven Plant 
Siding, 
Siding 
serving a Port 
1. Public Sector Coal companies
and co-users of sidings of
public sector coal companies
for 
which 
a 
contractual
agreement has been entered
into with a consumer.
2. Private 
Coal 
Companies
mining 
captive 
blocks, 
Washery Operator and co-
users of the Washery sidings, 
Steel 
Plants, 
Coke 
Oven 
Plants, CP & RP coke plants.  
3. For imported coal, consignors
or their representatives or coal
importers.
4. For indigenous coal moved
through rail-cum-sea-cum-rail
route; 
consumers 
or 
their
representatives, for the last leg
of movement from the port.
Executive 
Director 
Rail 
Movement, 
or 
in 
his 
absence 
Director/Jt. 
Director, Rail Movement/ 
Kolkata for ER, ECR, SER, 
SECR and ECoR. 
For 
other 
Railways, 
COM/CFTM of respective 
zones. 
i.
The sponsoring would be subject to Railway rules and regulations,
including Logistics plan for imported coal.
ii. Inter-se priority for movement of various classes of consumers will be
laid down from time to time by Railway Administration and may be
altered/modified as and when necessary.  Within the same class of
category of consumers, priority for movement may be fixed/altered
from time to time depending upon the operational and other
considerations.
iii. Programmes for transportation of coal from the siding of WCL located
in SECR territory would be approved by COM/CFTM, Central Railway.
For Imported coal, for all
Zonal Railways, 
PCOM/CFTM

3.1 (b) Iron-Ore traffic as under. 
COMMODITY 
CATEGORY OF PRIORITY 
Iron-ore 
Traffic 
Customers owning steel/Pig Iron/Sponge Iron/Pellet/Sinter/ Plants 
shall be classified into priority and sub-priority class as below:- 
Traffic Type 
Priority 
Sub-
Priority 
When Iron Ore traffic or other raw material to 
steel plants is loaded from the customer’s own 
private siding to his own private siding at 
unloading end for domestic manufacturer. 
C 
C+ 
When Iron Ore traffic or other raw material to 
steel plants is booked from one end to the 
other and the customer is having own private 
siding 
at 
either 
end 
for 
domestic 
manufacturer. 
C 
C 
When the domestic manufacturer moves Iron 
Ore traffic or other raw material to steel plants 
from any terminal to any

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