Maruti Joins Hands with Indian Railways to Transport Cars

摘要

In its first such initiative, auto giant Maruti joins hands with national transporter Indian Railways to transport its cars to various parts of the county from Detroj in Gujarat. This is the first such rake to roll on 24 March, 2018. Western Railway transported 125 Maruti Suzuki cars in 25 NMG coaches from Detroj in Ahmedabad Division for Nidvanda Railway Station of KSR Bengaluru Division of South Western Railway covering a distance of 1716 kms. These cars were loaded in less than 4 hours. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways has also appreciated this unique initiative of Indian Railways in the field of freight loading through his tweet in which he has said that, "From transporting autos to Amul butter, Indian Railways gives you the most economical, safe, timely and environment friendly transportation. Adopt it today!" Detroj Station was developed with minimum capital expenditure with the cooperation of M/s Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. as partner in this transportation business. Railways will not only transport manufactured cars to all destinations of the country but also provide in logistic solution for export of vehicles.