Transport & Automobile Sector To Benefit From Indian Railways

The slow dowm in the automobile industry will partly overcome by Indian Railways extended, providing  a helping hand. There has been a huge increase in automobile transport through railways in terms of loading and unloading.

Delhi Division of Northern Railway has specially organized Farukhnagar Gurgaon DCT in the year 2021-22 to enhance automobile sector cooperation. For loading and unloading of rakes at major terminals including Okhla and Faridabad.

New Delhi, IAS. Delhi Division of Northern Railway has specially organized Farukhnagar, Gurgaon, D.C.T. For loading and unloading of rakes at major terminals including Okhla and Faridabad. According to Railways there has been a huge increase in automobile transport through railways in terms of loading and unloading of rakes at terminals.

Automobile industries have expressed confidence that they look forward to shifting all their automobile transport needs to railways. Especially in the year 2021-22, Farukhnagar, Gurgaon, D.C.T. There has been a huge increase in automobile transport through railways in terms of loading and unloading of rakes at major terminals including Okhla and Faridabad, which stood at 385 rakes in 2021-2022 (till November). Whereas in the year 2020-2021, 234 rakes have been loaded here. Also, 272 Input rakes have been unloaded in Delhi Division till 21st November.

Notably, Delhi Division has introduced a new terminal DCT on 2 February 2021 to provide more options for loading-unloading of goods to its customers. Connected to Okhla. Thereafter since the commissioning of the first rake in March 2021, D.C.T. Has operated 106 rakes (till Nov 21).

On this issue, Dimpy Garg, Manager, Delhi Railway Division said that a dedicated Business Development Team has been formed at the Divisional level to interact with the customers and understand the requirements of the customers, so that the Railways can get additional traffic. Alternate availability of stock is being offered by the Railways to the traders to increase the loading capacity from various terminals. However, before this, the total automobile transportation through railways was 429 rakes in 2013-14. Which has increased to 1,595 racks in the year 2019-20.