SCR Extends Parcel Train Services Till Dec 20 Citing Good Response, In Top Three For Parcel Traffic

Due to huge response received from the parcel customers, Indian Railways has extended the running of these Parcel Express Trains on Select routes over SCR for a further period of six months i.e up to 31st December 2020.

South Central Railway has loaded and transported third-highest Parcel traffic amongst all Zones over Indian Railways during the lockdown period.

The zone operated 194 Timetabled Parcel services during the period from 01^st April to 31^st May 2020. 438 parcel vans and 265 Luggage Rakes were loaded with essential commodities like Fruits, Medicines, Paddy seeds, Eggs, Fish, Lemon, Ghee and other commodities to different destination across the spectrum.

These parcel trains carried around 9317 tonnes, which is third highest among all the Zones on Indian Railways.

In addition, the Zone has introduced an innovative concept of Doodh Duronto Milk special train to cater the dairy product needs in Nations’ Capital New Delhi, which was earlier transported by passenger carrying trains. These trains transported around 70 lakh liters of milk loaded in around 173 milk tankers and dispatched by 26 trains during the lockdown period.

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the entire Nation was under unprecedented lockdown till 31st May 2020 to contain the spread of the pandemic.

However, Indian Railways started running of parcel trains including Timetabled Parcel service Express Trains, with special focus to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities throughout the country.  

Apart form the above the Zone has notified Medchal Railway station for handling Parcel traffic to facilitate the Parcel customers located in and around outskirts of Hyderabad area to transport goods by Rail. In addition, parcel traffic has been loaded from Kacheguda to new destinations like Guwahati etc.,

 With the support and encouragement being rendered by South Central Railway duly ensuring timely delivery and safe handling of commodities, there is enormous response from the customers for transporting their goods by these Time table parcel services.

Shri Gajanan Mallya, General Manger, SCR complimented the staff and officers for effective coordination planning of this time tabled parcel trains. He also advised all the Cargo aggregators, merchants and other perishable transporters to utilize these time tabled parcel services for safe, in time and cost-effective transportation of their goods.

The extended schedule details of the of Parcel Express Train services are as below:

The Parcel customers, cargo aggregators and merchants willing to transport by Rail can contact the following numbers.