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Santanu Sanyal

Kolkata, Aug. 19 India Linx, the container train service being run by India Infrastructure & Logistics, which is a joint venture between Singapore-based APL and India’s HIPE, has expanded its operation to cover the Mundra port in Gujarat.

“The maiden run to Mundra took place recently from Loni railway terminal near New Delhi,” a spokesman for India Infrastructure & Logistics told Business Line, adding, “henceforth the service on the route will be offered once a week.” The turnaround time would be about six days, the transit time being 60 hours in each direction, he said.

Launched in May last year, India Linx has so far been offering services, six per week, only between Loni and Jawaharlal Nehru port.

“Our decision to start the service to Mundra is part of our diversification plan,” the spokesman said pointing out that the cargo inducement, particularly exports, between North India and the Gujarat port was proving to be encouraging.

As part of the diversification plan, India Linx, it was pointed out, would also shortly launch additional services from ACTL terminal near Faridabad.

This would be possible with the acquisition of two more rakes, one each in September and October, bringing the total number of rakes to nine.

The ACTL terminal, a container freight station being upgraded into a railway terminal by a private operator, would be ready for operation by the end of this month.

Last year (June and December 2007), the traffic throughput of the India Linx service was around 12,000 TEUs, likely to be four times as much in the current year (2008), if the current trend is any indication.

Between January and July, the throughput, it is estimated, was more than 27,000 TEUs.

Asked if there was a lull in traffic throughput now, the spokesman said, there was “no perceptible impact on us”.

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