Traffic Details
Western Railway has a multi-faceted traffic pattern of inward, outward and cross traffic, and all these patterns co-exist in substantial portions. The originating and terminating traffic profile is detailed below:
Broad Gauge
Inward
The major commodities constituting this stream of traffic include:
Container
Coal for power houses in Gujarat &Maharashtra.
Cement
Iron & Steel
Outward
This stream comprises:
·Container loading is highest component of Western Railway. ISO containers are loaded at Mundra Port, Pipavav Port to TKD/DDL/DER/SBI..& from Sabarmati, Vadodara and Ratlam to JNPT on Central Railway
·.Domestic containers are loaded from Khodiyar, Morvi and many other goods shed.
·Imported Fertilizer from Kandla Port, Mundra Port, Windmill, Gandhidham&Pipavav Port.
·Indigenous Fertilizer is loaded from KRIBHCO and GNFC in Baroda Division, and GSFC in Baroda and Rajkot Divisions and IFFCO in Ahmedabad & Gandhidham Area.
·Imported coal is loaded from the ports of Mundra Port, Navlakhi Port and Dahej Port for Gujarat Electricity Board powerhouses on Western Railway and for different plants of various Railways.
·Cement from Chitaurgarh cluster of cement plants in Ratlam division.
·Petroleum products loaded from refineries in Vadodara ( Gujarat Refinery), Rajkot (Reliance Refinery and NELM Refinery), and form goods sheds of Mangaliagaon in Ratlam and Imported POL from Kandla Port.
·Salt.
·Chemicals
·Iron & Steel
·Vegetable Oil
·DOC
·Gypsum
Ports
Western Railway is also catering to port traffic on Gujarat coast. The important ports with rail connectivity are
·Kandla
·Mundra Port
·Windmill.
·Navlakhi.
·Pipavav
·Dahej Port
·Tuna Port
