NEW DELHI : Indian Railways has notified roll-on-roll-off (Ro-Ro) services operated over Indian Railways including the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) as a commodity in its goods tariff and has set the base freight per wagon for loaded vehicles, empty vehicles, and empty flats.
The Ro-Ro services will be subject to levy of all ancillary charges/sub-charges, cesses as well as Over Dimensional Consignment (ODC) charges and power block as and where applicable, the Railway Ministry said in a 6 June circular.
All commodities under main commodity head ‘coal and coke, iron ore (all types) and military traffic’ shall be the excluded commodities under the Ro-Ro services.
The minimum distance for charge will be 100 kms. For charging purposes, the dimensions of the truck,
semi-articulated trailer, truck trailer, rigid body as declared by the customer and taken from details given by the vehicle manufacturer will be accepted.
The Ro-Ro service should be introduced only on sections where the line capacity utilisation for end-to-end movement is up to 70% (apart from DFC network). For sections where the line capacity is more than 70%, operational feasibility of introducing Ro-Ro service may be examined on a case-to-case basis.
Persons accompanying the trucks should purchase second class tickets for the journey of equivalent value. A maximum of two persons per truck including driver will be permitted, the Ministry said in the circular which will take effect from 15 July.
