The Indian Railways’ High Density Network carries the bulk of the national transporter’s load. The railways should focus more on decongesting and increasing the capacity of this section, according to Mangal Dev, Head of Hitachi Rail (Mobility) and Director of Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.

In an interview with The Indian Express , Dev said the government should build additional dedicated freight corridors beyond the Eastern and Western dedicated freight corridors (DFCs). “They will help decongest the high-density network. Edited Excerpts:

Why is it important to decongest the railways’ high density networks?

During the preparation of the National Rail Plan, the networks were categorised into high density network (HDN) and highly utilised network (HUN). This means that if a section can run 100

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