Where are the important goods sheds and transshipment points of IR?

July 16, 2019, 2:10 PM
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Here are the goods sheds attached to major centres:

  • Agra: Raja-ki-Mandi
  • Ahmedabad: Sabarmati
  • Bombay (Mumbai): Carnac Bunder, Wadi Bunder, New Mulund, with additional freight yards at Bandra, Sion, Vashi, Kalyan, Borivli, Wadala / Raoli Junction; Wadala and Trombay have oil sidings. Turbhe in New Bombay (Navi Mumbai) deals with some parcel freight traffic.
  • Asarva (?)
  • Calcutta: Shalimar
  • Delhi: Shakurbasti and Sabzi Mandi; container depots at Pragati Maidan and Tughlakabad
  • Hyderabad: Secunderabad, Sanatnagar
  • Jaipur: Durgapura
  • Madras (Chennai): Royapuram, Salt Cotaurs
  • Bangalore: Whitefield, Yeshvanthpur
  • Nagpur: Ajni (has CONCOR depot sidings)
  • Khapri (CR): Oil rake yards
  • Borkhedi (CR): Oil rake yards
  • Pathankot: Chakki Bank (much military freight)
  • Pune (Poona): Gadital; additional yards at Hadpsar and Chinchwad; oil sidings at Loni Kalbhor; container depot at Chinchwad; military sidings at Khadki and Dehu Road
  • Guwahati: Amingaon
  • Khapri: Rail transhipment terminal
  • As usual, further information is welcome…

Additionally, there are large marshalling yards at Daund, Mughalsarai, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Tondiarpet (Chennai), Wadala (Mumbai). Some of these see a large amount of freight traffic. Also see the list of CONCOR terminals below. There was a huge MG freight marshalling yard at Tambaram for Chennai, but that has since closed. See also the list of closed marshalling yards.

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