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10 routes for Time Tabled Parcel Trains are planned and tentative 18 new routes are planned for Special Parcel Trains to keep supply chains running

So far, Indian Railways has loaded 30 Special Parcel Trains to various destinations all over the country

Indian Railways has also been running Parcel trains for Milk and Food Products as per demand of customers

Railways all geared up to meet the demands of State Governments for Parcel Trains for short distance movement within the State

Staff Manning these operations braving all challenges in COVID 19 lock down times to ensure citizens don't feel shortage of essential goods.

During the lockdown in the wake of COVID19, Indian Railways is offering its unhindered services of Parcel Trains for nationwide transportation of essential commodities and other goods required to meet the needs of citizens of the nation. Indian Railways is already transporting essential commodities to different parts of the country through freight trains. While these freight operations of Railways are meeting the needs of bulk transportation of essential goods like foodgrains, edible oil, salt, sugar, coal, cement, milk, vegetables & fruits etc, parcel trains are transporting various items that need to be delivered in comparatively smaller quantities.

So far, Indian Railways has loaded 30 Special Parcel Trains to various destinations all over the country, the details as under:

Staff Manning these operations have been braving numerous challenges in COVID 19 lock down times to ensure citizens don't feel shortage of any essential goods.

Encouraged by the outstanding performance of its employees, Zonal Railways have now started running Time tabled Parcel Trains from 31st March, 2020. The Time Tabled Train routes are as under:

In order to ensure speedy delivery and availability of vital goods and commodities across the nation in the times of Lockdown to fight COVID- 19 , Indian Railway is identifying  routes for other  areas as well. Special Parcel Trains can also be planned as per the demand. Special Parcel trains to connect vital corridors have been identified by Zonal Railways like :

 1.      New Delhi - Guwahati

2.      New Delhi- Mumbai Central

3.      New Delhi-Kalyan

4.      Chandigarh - Jaipur

5.      Moga - Chhangsari

6.      Kalyan - New Delhi

7.      Nashik - New Delhi

8.      Kalyan - Santraghachi

9.      Kalyan - Changsari

10.  Coimbatore-Patel Nagar (Delhi region)

11.  Patel Nagar (Delhi region) – Coimbatore

12.  Coimbatore - Rajkot

13.  Rajkot- Coimbatore

14.  Coimbatore - Jaipur

15.  Jaipur- Coimbatore

16.  Salem – Batinda

17.  Kankari-Ludhiana

18.  Sankrail – Bengaluru

19.  Any other route as per the demand.

 Indian Railways has also been running other Parcel trains as per demand of customers during this period - which include:

a) ‘Milk Specials’ from Palanpur (Gujarat) to Palwal (near Delhi), and from Renigunta (AP) to Delhi

b) Milk products from Kankariya (Gujarat) to Kanpur (UP) and Sankrail (near Kolkata)

c) Food products from Moga (Punjab) to Changsari (Assam)

 Zonal Railways have been reaching out and coordinating with State Governments to identify the transportation requirement for short distance within the state. o­n the request of Madhya Pradesh State Government, West Central Railway has taken an initiative of running 5 Parcel specials within Madhya Pradesh o­n following routes:

·         Bhopal- Gwalior

·         Itrasi- Bina

·         Bhopal- Khandwa

·         Rewa- Anooppur

·         Rewa- Singrauli

 It may be noted that special Parcel Services of Indian Railways are running with as per the time table.

These timetabled trains are having pre defined scheduled stoppages. Any commodity can be booked in any quantity 'from' or 'to' any of these stations. All efforts are made to move the commodities in an efficient manner for timely delivery of stock.

 Local industries, e-commerce companies, any interested groups, organizations, individuals and prospective loaders can also contact Railway officials at zonal level, contact details of Railway officials at various stations have also been circulated and made available so that anyone can contact to load the parcel. Zonal Railways are reaching out prospective clients through various modes of communication including advertisements.

Press Release No 2020/04Mumbai, 12^th April, 2020

36 TRIPS OF PARCEL SPECIAL TRAINS RUN BY WESTERN RLY TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

1207 Rakes of Goods trains Have Been Used To Supply Essential Commodities by WR

During the terrible crisis due to Coronavirus & subsequent nation wide lockdown period, Western Railway is ensuring its best possible efforts, that there is no break in supply of essential commodities and hence its parcel special trains are traversing across the country. Since the time of lockdown to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, Western Railway has run certain parcel trains which have made 36 trips to various parts of the country upto 11th April, 2020. Though, this has not been an easy task as to get staff especially during the time of lockdown, WR has kept its commitment towards the nation. During the lockdown period from 22^nd March to 11^th April, 2020, total 1207 rakes of goods trains have been used to supply essential commodities amounting to 2.59 million tonnes. 2797 freight trains were interchanged with other railways, including 1425 trains handed over and 1372 trains taken over at different interchange points. 36 Millennium Parcel rakes of Parcel Vans/Railway Milk Tankers (RMTs) have been sent to different parts of the country to cope with the demands of essential items such as milk powder, liquid milk and other general consumer goods. Since 23^rd March, 2020 to11^th April, 2020, WR has run 36 trips of the following parcel special trains including the milk vans :-

●Kankaria – Bhimsen near Kanpur

●Kankaria – Sankrail (Kharagpur)

●Bandra Terminus – Ludhiana

●Karambeli – Changsari (Assam)

●Karambeli – New Guwahati

●Palanpur – Cuttack

●Kankaria – Chennai Central

●Palanpur – Hind Teminal (Palwal)

●Linch – Salchapara

●Porbandar – Shalimar

●Bhuj – Dadar

●Mumbai Central – Firozpur

●Bandra Terminus – Okha

●Okha – Bandra Terminus

●Ahmedabd – Guwahati

●Surat – Bhagalpur

●Dadar – Bhuj

●Dahanu Rd – Baribrahman (Firozpur)

According to a press release issued by Shri Ravinder Bhakar - Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, it has been decided to run 12 timetabled special parcel trains o­n WR comprising of 56 trips. o­n 12^th April, 2020, five special parcel trains have left from various stations of WR. o­ne train left from Dadar to Bhuj, o­ne from Mumbai Central to Firozpur, o­ne from Okha to Bandra Terminus, o­ne from Porbandar to Shalimar and o­ne from Surat to Bhagalpur. o­ne milk rake also left from Palanpur for Hind Terminal.

Shri Bhakar stated that the total losses over Western Railway up to 11^thApril, 2020, o­n account of lockdown have been Rs 369.03 crore (inclusive of suburban+ non-suburban). Inspite of this loss, Western Railway has refunded Rs. 138.18 crore resulting cancellation of tickets till now. In Mumbai Division itself, refund of Rs. 65.26 crore has been made for cancellation of tickets. In total 21.70 lakh passengers have so far cancelled their tickets over entire Western Railway & have received refund accordingly. It is worth mentioning that all precautions are being taken during the time of loading/unloading of goods. All staff is being provided with suitable safety equipments, so as not to be a hazard for others in any way. It is a remarkable achievement that upto 11^th April, 2020 almost 88000 masks and about 5400 liters of sanitizers were made inhouse at various divisions and workshops of WR during lockdown period.

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