RO RO Wagon

RDSO has designed Low Floor RoRo Wagon dedicatedly for Ro-Ro service. Floor height of this Wagon is 975mm (i.e. 299 mm less than BRN 22.9 Wagon) First prototype wagon is manufactured by Braithwaite & Co. Limited.

KEY FEATURES:

5 Units of 2 Nos A-Car and 7 Nos B-Car.

Can carry all length of Rigid Frame Trucks (12 m).

45 Nos of Rigid Frame Trucks can be transported in a rake.

Possibility of loading semi articulated vehicle having length more than 12m on two wagons.

No restriction of width, length and gross load of trucks.

Maximum height of trucks cannot be more than 3000mm in IRSOD.
However, no restriction of height of DWARF Container and DFC routes (3.8m Height).

Coupler connection between wagons instead of Slackless Drawbars facilitates
easier detachment and swapping of sick wagons.

Higher Throughput & Flexibility

- Expansion of Roll on and Roll off (RO-RO) through optimization of wagon design.
- New design of RO-RO will give much more option up to 92 in normal condition and 114 types of trucks may be get transported in dedicated freight corridors.
- Roll on and Roll off will facilitate road transport also and will create a win-win situation for both the sector and will ultimately help in reducing overall freight cost in India.