Indian Railways tests its heaviest and longest goods train ‘Super Vasuki’

Category : National Published on: August 19 2022

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The Indian Railways tested its heaviest and longest freight, Super Vasuki, on Independence Day.
The Railways conducted a test run of the 3.5-km-long freight train with 295 loaded wagons carrying over 27,000 tonnes of coal between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajnandgao in Nagpur on August 15, as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations.
This is the longest and heaviest freight train ever run by the Railways.
The amount of coal carried by Super Vasuki is enough to fire 3000 MW of power plant for one full day.
The train was formed by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit.
The train run by the South East Central Railway left Korba at 13:50 and took 11.20 hours to cover the distance of 267 km.