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From April 1 to June 9 Railways loaded 12.56 million tonnes of food grains as compared to 6.7 million tonnes in the same period last year.

Railways moved 82 million tonnes essentials in May, 25% more than April

11 Jun 2020 2:49 PM IST
June 11, 2020: In the month of May, Indian Railways has transported 82.27 million tonnes of essential commodities compare to 65.14 million tonnes in...
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During the lockdown, Maersk has experienced up to 30% increase in movement on rail as compared to times prior to lockdown.

Maersk offers rail solutions to Indian exporters amid trucks shortage

5 Jun 2020 1:08 PM IST
June 5, 2020: Maersk decided to ramp up its rail solutions for its customers including some of India’s largest petrochemical companies and automotive...
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These tanks could move up to a speed of 110km/hr while being attached to passenger trains and facilitate the safe and speedy transportation of milk.

Research arm of Indian Railways launches high capacity milk tanker

25 May 2020 5:17 PM IST
May 25, 2020: Research Designs & Standards Organisation, the research arm of Indian Railways, launched new milk transporting tanker that could hold...
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The cargo service that will take eight days to complete is expected to decrease Nepal%u2019s dependency on India for its freight transportation.

China launches road-rail freight service to Nepal from Xi’an

25 May 2020 3:56 PM IST
May 25, 2020: China Railway Xi'an Group and China Railway Container Transport together launched a road-rail freight service from Xi'an, China’s...
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The e-locos will allow faster and safer movement of heavy freight trains, capable of hauling 6000 tonnes at a top speed of 120 km/h.

Indian Railways begins operation of Alstom’s first prima electric locomotive

21 May 2020 5:40 PM IST
May 21, 2020: The first of the 12000-horsepower, Prima T8 electric locomotives have been put into commercial service by Indian Railways.
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In 2019, Amazon India had partnered with Indian Railways for inter-city transportation of e-commerce packages on 13 lanes.

Amazon uses special trains on 55 lanes to move essentials across India

29 April 2020 5:19 PM IST
April 29, 2020: Amazon India announced that the company is leveraging the ’Covid-19 Parcel Special Trains’ introduced by the Indian Railways to ramp...
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The rail service aims for customers within the automotive and technology industrial verticals in Turkey and other segments which are in need of fast delivery to market.

Maersk launches weekly rail service from China to Turkey

29 April 2020 3:33 PM IST
April 29, 2020: Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey.
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One LHB High capacity Parcel van and One Luggage cum Generator car has been turned out on April 23 and 24 respectively.

Indian Railways resumes coach production at Kapurthala; two parcel coaches ready

27 April 2020 5:43 PM IST
April 27, 2020: Indian Railway’s production unit ‘Rail Coach Factory’ (RCF) Kapurthala has reopened its production process on April 23 after 28 days...
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The lockdown had already caused tremendous damage to Indian logistics and the most affected is road transport.

Amid lockdown, Maersk urges Indian clients to switch from road to rail

20 April 2020 8:36 PM IST
April 21, 2020: Amid Covid-19 and lockdown in the country, Maersk India urged its customers to switch from road to inland rail service for faster and...
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Indian Railways delivers medicines, masks, hospital items and other medical commodities through its timetabled parcel services.

Railways transports 1,150 tonnes of vital medical items amid lockdown

20 April 2020 6:46 PM IST
April 20, 2020: As on April 18, Indian Railways has transported 1150 tonnes of crucial medical supplies in various parts of the country to fight...
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The railway parcel vans can do quick mass transportation across the nation for the e-commerce entities and other customers including state governments to transport such goods.

Railways to run parcel trains on 20 more routes to carry medicines, masks and food

31 March 2020 10:51 AM IST
March 31, 2020: Indian Railways announced that it is already using eight special parcel trains to move essential items like medical supplies, medical...
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In the same time the railways had moved more than 1 lakh wagons of essential goods from March 23 to 26 in different parts of the country.

Indian Railways invokes force majeure; moves 1 lakh wagons of vital goods in 4 days

28 March 2020 6:03 PM IST
March 28, 2020: Indian Railways has invoked force majeure for the period from March 22 to April 14 during which no demurrage, wharfage, stacking,...
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