• Wed. Nov 6th, 2024

    Indian Railways : As part of Rail-Post freight service, AC coaches carrying chocolates will depart Tirupati

    Indian railways uses AC coaches to transport cargo1

    Railways seeks to meet the transportation demands of Cadbury’s parent firm Mondelez. Which owns operations in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh and distributes products throughout the country.

    Two AC-2 tier coaches carrying chocolates from Cadbury’s plant in Sri City in the Andhra Pradesh district of Tirupati will depart for Delhi on Thursday as part of the Indian Railways’ renewed commitment to make innovative use of its resources for revenue creation.

    Indian railways uses AC coaches to transport cargo

    Railways has entered the business of delivering chocolates in air conditioned carriages so that they do not melt in search of novel ways to utilise its capacity. Railways seeks to meet the transportation demands of Cadbury’s parent firm Mondelez, which owns operations in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh and distributes products throughout the country.

    Ministry of Railways, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw :

    Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has teamed up with Railways and India Post. To create a time-tabled unique package service called Rail-Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service.

    The Department of Post will book parcels, and the Railways will transport them on parcel trains with fixed transit times. Once at its destination, the parcel will delivered to the postal service’s last-mile destinations.

    Following the launch of the service from Tirupati (Sri City). It would extended to Secunderabad, Surat, Bengaluru, and Delhi in due course. The Railways will run 12 pairs of trains every week as part of the service. Offering to transport commodities that often transported by trucks.

    Policymakers determined that relieving enterprises of the necessity to move products in bulk via railways was a positive step. As a result, Railways has devised a number of schemes to transport non-bulk volumes as well. Separate, specialised departments are also being establish at the division and zone levels to make it easier for businesses. To deal with railways for parcel needs.

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    The Railway Ministry has issued instructions to all of its zones at all levels to manage. The parcel business with extreme caution. To continue receiving fresh products for shipment, even if they are “non-bulk” or less than truck amount.

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