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Due to their restricted vertical clearance, most flatcars and double stack waggons cannot stack more than two standard 40-foot containers on top of one another, even though they can typically support the weight of two. It is inefficient to carry half the weight that is achievable.
A double-stack car, however, can accommodate a container and yet provide enough clearance for another container to be placed on top if the rail line has been constructed with appropriate vertical clearance.
The operation of double-stacked waggons on lines with overhead electric wiring is typically prohibited by this. Some of the countries have triple-stack trains with overhead wiring, but they forbid stacking containers higher than three containers high.
As a result of the cost savings to shippers, it now makes up approximately 70% of intermodal freight transport shipments, in part because of the generous vertical clearances employed by railroads. There is no overhead wiring on these diesel-powered lines.
The Global Triple-stack rail wagon market accounted for $XX Billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
Launch of an electric triple-stack container operation by Alstom. The trains are 7.1m tall and have high-reach pantographs with contact wire heights of 7.87m and 8.65m and a tension of 10kN, the required level for DFC electrification.
The amount of freight that each train can transport is up to 20,000 tonnes. The service is a component of the larger Western Dedicated Freight Corridor project, which consists of 1483 km of electrified triple-track with a gauge of 1676 mm.
Currently, numerous contracts have been used to commission around 70% of the wiring along the route. ETCS Level 1 will also be available on the line. The project attempts to improve the effectiveness of rail freight.
automatic freight rebate programme for vehicles loaded in the direction of empty flow, Station to Station rates, the removal of the Dual Freight Policy for Iron Ore, Long Term Tariff Contracts with Important Freight Customers a reduction in the cost of loading a bagged shipment into flat and open waggons, Rationalization of the coal tariff, rationalisation of the Merry-Go-Round system, lowering of the charge minimum from 125 km to 100 km, raising of the mini-rake distance from 400 km to 600 km, etc.
