<h1>Pilot assured-transit container train guarantees 120-hour door-to-door transit, waived empty-wagon charges, priority handling, potential delay liability</h1> A national railway authority and a state-owned container operator will pilot an assured-transit-time container train between two metropolitan hubs twice weekly, with a guaranteed 120-hour door-to-door transit and designated inland container depots en route. The operator offers waived empty-wagon haulage charges over a segment, but will not impose compensatory fares if wagons or containers remain empty up to an intermediate station. The scheme creates contractual obligations on transit time and priority handling for shippers, introduces potential liability exposure for delays, and may affect regulatory oversight of pricing, service-level guarantees and modal-shift incentives tied to environmental and competition policies.