Western Railway has advised running of Parcel Cargo Trains for transportation of critical items to mitigate the effects of the lockdown as follows:-
With a composition of Five High Capacity Parcel Vans and one Luggage cum Brake Van, Train No.00926 Rajkot – Coimbatore Parcel Cargo Special will leave Rajkot at 17.30 hrs on 23rd and 30th April (2 services) with stoppings at Ahmedabad (Dep 22.00 hrs) Anand (Dep 23.30 hrs) Vadodara (Dep 00.35 hrs) Bharuch ( Dep 01.50 hrs) Ankleswar (Dep 02.15 hrs) Surat (Dep 03.10 hrs) Vasai Road (Dep 06.10 hrs) Panvel (Dep 07.50 hrs) Pune (Dep 10.20 hrs) Daund (Dep 11.50 hrs) Solapur (Dep 14.15 hrs) Wadi (Dep 17.20 hrs) Secunderabad (Arr 19.50 hrs / Dep 20.10 hrs) Dharmavaram (Dep 03.20 hrs) Krishnarajpuram (Dep 06.50 hrs) Erode (Dep 12.25 hrs) and reach Coimbatore at 14.30 hrs on 25th and 2nd May 2020.
In the return direction Train No.00927 Coimbatore – Rajkot Parcel Cargo Train Coimbatore will leave Coimbatore at 04.00 hrs on 26th April and 3rd May 2020 (2 services) with stoppings at Tiruppur (Dep 04.55 hrs) Erode (Dep 05.55 hrs) Salem (07.00 hrs) Krishnarajapuram (Dep 12.10 hrs) Dharmavaram (Dep 16.20 hrs) Secunderabad ( Arr 22.00 hrs/ Dep 22.30 hrs) Wadi (Dep 01.35 hrs) Solapur (Dep 04.35 hrs) Daund (Dep 07.00 hrs) Pune (Dep 08.30 hrs) Panvel (Dep 11.00 hrs) Vasai Road (Dep 12.40 hrs) Surat (15.40 hrs) Ankleswar (Dep 16.15 hrs) Bharuch (Dep 16.40 hrs) Vadodara (Dep 18.10 hrs) Anand (19.15 hrs) Ahmedabad (20.45 hrs) and reach Rajkot at 00.25 hrs on 28th April and 5th May 2020.
Booking of parcels are open
Persons wanting to book parcels can call Southern Railway’s 24×7 helpline SETU for guidance and assistance at +91-9025342449
Southern Railway’s Parcel Cargo trains carries 2338 tonnes of essential Commodities during lockdown
Southern Railway introduced Parcel Cargo Express Train (PCET) on 1st April between Dr.MGR Chennai Central and New Delhi on round trip basis. Based on further demand this service was made on a daily basis and extended upto May 3rd and three more daily services were introduced on round trip basis between Dr.MGR Chennai Central and Coimbatore, which got extended upto Shoranur, Chennai Egmore to Nagercoil and Calicut to Trivandrum which got extended upto Nagercoil. Also a train from Mumbai to Dr.MGR Chennai Central on a round trip basis is being operated on a daily basis.
Using these services Southern Railway has transported from April 1st till 20th April various commodities totaling a weight of 471 tonnes. The majority of them being food and dairy products weighing 225.2 tonnes. This includes vegetables and fruits transported. Medicines and medical equipments weighing 80300 kg and 39040 kg respectively, totaling 120 tonnes, were also transported. Along with these 89.1 tonnes of printed materials, 7620 kg of RMS (Rail Mail service) parcels, 1000 kg of fish consignment and 2000 kg of Papad have been transported.
Southern Railway has also run four trips of on-demand parcel train service from Salemt to Punjab and Haryana and transported 1867 tonnes of cottonseed thus aiding agricultural activities in the country.
These parcel cargo express train have gained patronage amongst traders wanting to transport essential commodities across the nation.
Western Railway has advised the running of a pair of Okha – Trivandrum – Okha Parcel Cargo Express Special Trains as follows:-
With a composition of Five High Capacity Parcel Vans and 1 Luggage cum Brake Van, Train No.00933 Okha – Trivandrum Parcel Cargo Express Special Train will leave Okha at 13.10 hrs on 27th April 2020 (1 service) to the following stoppings and timings:-
Jamnagar (Dep 15.50 hrs); Rajkot (Dep 17.25 hrs) Surendranagar (Dep 19.20 hrs) Ahmedabad (Dep 21.40 hrs) Anand (Dep 22.55 hrs) Vadodara (Dep 23.40 hrs) Bharuch (Dep 00.55 hrs) Surat (Dep 02.00 hrs) Vasai Road (Dep 05.10 hrs) Panvel (Dep 06.35 hrs) Roha (Dep 08.00 hrs) Ratnagiri (Dep 11.10 hrs) Kankawali (Dep 13.40 hrs) Madgaon (Dep 16.50 hrs) Mangalore Junction (Dep 23.10 hrs) Kannur (Dep 01.40 hrs) Kozhikode (Dep 03.30 hrs) Shoranur (Dep 05.20 hrs) Thrisur (Dep 06.05 hrs) Ernakulam Town (Dep 07.35 hrs) Kottayam (Dep 08.50 hrs) Kollam (Dep 10.50 hrs) and reach Thiruvananthapuram at 12.00 hrs on 29.04.2020.
In the return direction, Train No.00934 Thiruvananthapuram – Okha parcel special service train:will leave Trivandrum at 23.00 hrs on 29th April 2020 to the following stoppings and timings :-
Kollam (Dep 00.20 hrs) Kottayam (Dep 02.20 hrs) Ernakulam Town (Dep 03.35 hrs) Thrisur (Dep 05.05 hrs) Shoranur (Dep 05.55 hrs) Kozhikode (Dep 07.40 hrs) Kannur (Dep 09.30 hrs) Mangalore Junction (Dep 12.00 hrs) Madgaon (Dep 18.10 hrs) Kankawali (Dep 20.50 hrs) Ratnagiri (Dep 23.10 hrs) Roha (Dep 03.20 hrs) Panvel (Dep 04.30 hrs) Vasai Road (Dep 05.55 hrs) Surat (Dep 09.05 hrs) Bharuch Dep 10.10 hrs) Vadodara (Dep 11.20 hrs) Anand (Dep 12.00 hrs) Ahmedabad (Dep 13.20 hrs) Surendranagar (Dep 15.40 hrs ) Rajkot (Dep 17.35 hrs) Jamnagar (Dep 19.10 hrs) and reach Okha at 21.40 hrs on 01.05.2020.
Booking of parcels are open
Persons wanting to book parcels can call Southern Railway’s 24×7 helpline SETU for guidance and assistance at +91-9025342449
Schedule Changes for Chennai-Nagercoil Parcel Train Service
In the Daily Parcel services announced by Southern Railway upto 3rd May 2020 between Chennai and Nagercoil with a composition of One High Capacity Parcel Van and 1 Luggage cum Brake Van,, the route and timings of the Nagercoil – Chennai service portion alone is changed as under with effect from 22nd April 2020 :-
With Additional stoppages of Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore Port, The revised timings and stoppages of Train No.00658 Nagercoil – Chennai Egmore Daily Parcel Cargo Express Special Train are : –
Nagercoil (Dep 06.00 hrs) Tirunelvei (Dep 07.30 hrs) Virudhunagar (Dep 10.00 hrs) Madurai (Dep 11.00 hrs) Dindigul (Dep 12.10 hrs) Tiruchchirappalli (Dep 14.00 hrs) Thanjavur (Dep 14.55 hrs) Kumbakonam (Dep 15.55 hrs) Mayiladuthurai (Dep 16.40 hrs) Cuddalore Port (Dep 18.20 hrs) Villupuram (Dep 19.30 hrs) and reaching Chennai Egmore at 22.30 hrs the same day.
There is no change in the stoppages and timings of Train No.00657 Chennai Egmore – Nagercoil Daily Parcel Cargo Express Special which will continue to leave at 05.00 hrs daily from Chennai Egmore to reach Nagercoil at 19.00 hrs the same day with stoppings at Villuppuram ( Dep 08.00 hrs) Vridhachalam (Dep 09.00 hrs) Ariyalur (Dep 09.55 hrs) Tiruchchirappalli ( Dep 11.00 hrs) Dindigul ( Dep 12.40 hrs) Madurai (Dep 13.50 hrs) Virudhunagar ( Dep 14.50 hrs) and Tirunelveli ( Dep 17.40 hrs)
Booking of parcels are open
Persons wanting to book parcels can call Southern Railway’s 24×7 helpline SETU for guidance and assistance at +91-9025342449
