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title: "Rail freight: Long, heavy, steady. · SSL"
description: "Rail freight in India, booked by SSL’s desk: 1,617 MT loaded in FY2024-25, 2,843 km of Dedicated Freight Corridors, first and last mile by our trucks."
url: https://safeandsecure.in/modes/rail/
canonical: https://safeandsecure.in/modes/rail/
updated: 2026-11-11
lang: en-IN
publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited
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Mode · Rail

# Long, heavy, steady.

When the lane is long and the tonnage steady, rail earns its place with our trucks at both ends.

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Dedicated Freight Corridors. India boundary per Survey of India (state layer: DataMeet, CC BY 4.0). Moving marks are illustrative.

- 1,617 MT rail freight loaded FY2024-25 · PIB
- 2,843 km Dedicated Freight Corridors PIB
- 403 trains a day on the DFCs November 2025
- 69,181 km rail route network 31 Mar 2024

How it moves

## Link by link

1. Your plant SSL
2. First mile SSL
3. Rake / container train Our desk
4. Last mile SSL
5. Consignee SSL

Road legs on our trucks; the rail leg arranged by our desk.

Scale

## Million tonnes a year, by mode

FY2024-25 (million tonnes). Road publishes no national tonnage; it carried 71% of freight in 2020 (NITI Aayog).

1. [Rail (originating loading)](https://safeandsecure.in/modes/rail/) 1,617.4 MT
2. [Major Ports (sea)](https://safeandsecure.in/modes/sea/) 853.6 MT
3. [National Waterways](https://safeandsecure.in/modes/waterways/) 145.5 MT
4. [Airports (air cargo)](https://safeandsecure.in/modes/air/) 3.7 MT

PIB (Railways), MoPSW (ports), PIB (waterways), AAI (air).

Go deeper

## The atlas behind this mode

- [Rail corridors Both DFCs on the map](https://safeandsecure.in/rail/)
- [Western DFC Dadri to JNPT](https://safeandsecure.in/rail/western-dfc/)
- [Eastern DFC Ludhiana to Sonnagar](https://safeandsecure.in/rail/eastern-dfc/)
- [Multimodal Mixing modes](https://safeandsecure.in/modes/multimodal/)

## Frequently asked questions

**Is rail cheaper than road?**

It depends on distance, tonnage and the two road legs. Our desk compares both for your lane and confirms the price.

**What is a rake?**

A full covered-wagon rake is typically 42 BCN wagons (about 2,560 t); an open-wagon rake 58 BOXN (about 3,828 t); a mini-rake 20 BCN.

Sources

- [PIB: Ministry of Railways, 1 Apr 2025](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2117417) · FY2024-25
- [PIB: Year End Review 2025, Ministry of Railways](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2209199) · 2025
- [Indian Railways Year Book 2023-24](https://www.scribd.com/document/900979178/IR-Year-Book-2023-24-English) · 2024
- [IRFCA freight FAQ (enthusiast reference)](https://irfca.org/faq/faq-freight.html)

Ask if rail fits your lane.

Our desk replies on WhatsApp and confirms your price, which we never publish.

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Source: https://safeandsecure.in/modes/rail/ (the HTML page is the record; this markdown twin was generated from it on 2026-11-11). Publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited, https://safeandsecure.in/. Figures and their periods: https://safeandsecure.in/facts/