Super Vasuki is India’s largest freight train with 295 wagons & 6 locomotives, measuring 3.95 km long. The Indian Railways’ South East Central Railway (SECR) tested a run of Super Vasuki freight train on the occasion of India’s 76th Independence Day.
On 15 August 2022, the Super Vasuki train left Korba railway station at 13:50 and traveled 267 kilometers in 11.20 hours. According to the national transporter, this is the longest and heaviest freight train ever run by the Indian Railways, and it takes around four minutes to cross a station. During the test run, the Super Vasuki freight train carried coal of approx. 25,962 tonnes gross weight, which is three times the capacity of present railway rakes in a single journey.
Highlights of Super Vasuki train
- Super Vasuki is a freight train operated by South East Central Railway, India.
- Super Vasuki train is 3.5 km long in length that contains 295 wagons & 6 locos.
- During the test run, the train carried approx. 25,962 tonnes gross weight of coal, making it the longest and heaviest freight train ever run by the Indian Railways.
- The train was formed by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains.
- The test run of the Super Vasuki freight train was conducted on 15th August 2022.
- During the test run, the coal-loaded Super Vasuki train covered a distance of 267 km in 11.20 hours.
- The test run of this freight train was conducted between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajnandgao in Nagpur on August 15, 2022.
South East Central Railway operated the train on August 15 as part of the Centre’s Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. South Western Railway said in a statement: “To mark the beginning of Amrit Kaal, SECR formed and ran Super Vasuki, five loaded train long haul on 15th Aug 2022 as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Celebration.”
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