Rail movement of containers to get costlier

The Indian Railways which moves 77 million tonnes of goods via containers every year has decided to increase haulage charges for container train operators by up to 22 per cent with effect from December. There will be another round of increase after two months. Thus, with effect from February the charges will go up by up to 31 % against today’s levels. Haulage charges — which container train operators pay Indian Railways for using the tracks, locomotives and signalling infrastructure —

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