Indian Railways launches Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service (Joint Parcel Product of Railways and India Post)
Collaboration between Indian Railways and India Post is a part of Budget Announcement 2022-23
In the initial phase, services are to start in 15 sectors. Flagging off at 4 locations today
Salient features of this initiative include Door step pickup and delivery, time tabled train service, safe transmission, affordable tariff, single point of contact and mobile application
First time tariff on the basis of per Kg of the goods per Kilometre has been determined
Six Parcel trains to Pass through North Central Railway
Indian Railways and India Posts have formally launched Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service, Joint Parcel Product of Railways and India Post. It is an initiative of partnership between Indian Railways and India Posts in providing seamless logistics for the services sector in the country. This is in compliance with the Budget Announcement of FY 2022-23. Today it has been started, on the four sectors -Delhi to Kolkata; Bangalore to Guwahati, Surat to Muzaffarpur and Hyderabad to Hazrat Nizamuddin. However, total 15 sectors(mentioned in Annx-A) have been planned to be covered in the first phase.
The highlights of this service are Total logistic Service: Pick-Up and Delivery at customer premises, Palletization -Transportation through covered and sealed boxes, Semi-mechanized handling, Time tabled service, Insurance at 0.05% of the declared value of the cargo for loss, damage and deterioration, Integrated Parcel Way Bill. Joint Marketing Teams between Posts and Railways have been made to take this initiative forward. Doing away with the slab system of pricing is an innovation herein.
Railways and Department of Posts have collectively upgraded their tools, machinery and handling equipment, storage space for optimum use. Specially designed Fold type box, Envelope box, Mesh type Box, Bubble Guard Box made up of aluminium and light weight material have been developed. Similarly, Parcel Aggregation Centre have been equipped with conveyor system alongwith specially designed rakes for efficient stacking. BTU Deck where palatized material can be easily rolled are provided for effortless movement.
Salient Features for Customers:
- Door step Pick-Up and Delivery: India Post will pick up the consignment at the doorstep of the customer and transport to the Railway Station (first mile activity) and at the destination railway station, India Post will transport the consignment from the stationto the destination address and deliver the consignment at the doorstep of the addressee (last mile activity).
- Flexibility of Quantum of Load: There is no fixed obligation of loading as party can book small load of 100 kg also.
- Time Tabled Service: Parcel Train operated under JPP Scheme is a time tabled train with scheduled departure and arrival of Train at Originating, intermediate and Destination stations which
- Safe Transmission: Indian Railways will provide intermediate transmission between origin and destination railway stations (middle mile activity), in secured sealed boxes, ensuring safe and secured passage through time tabled trains.
- Insurance: Dept. of Post offers third party insurance facility at an affordable rate of 0.03% of cargo value to the customers availing JPP Service.
- Affordable Tariff: First mile and last service charges at Rs 6/- per kg gives competitive and cost effective solution to the customers in comparison to existing road rates.
- Single Point of Contact: India Post will be the single point of contact for the customer for the despatch of consignment from pick up till delivery.
- Mobile Application: A mobile app is being developed where customers availing JPP service can book the consignment with online payment facility and also can track the status of consignment with live tracking facility.
Earlier, a Pilot weekly service was launched on 31st March 2022 from Surat to Varanasi by attaching a VPU to Tapti Ganga Express. After the Budget announcement in 2022-23, proof of concept has been conducted on the textile segment from Surat and today after conducting 99 trials on single Parcel Van mode and 16 trials on full train load mode, Railways have decided to launch this combined initiative across the network.
Annexure A
SN | Origin Destination | Origin Area | Stoppages | Destination Area |
1 | Surat Area –Varanasi-Sonpur-Narayanpur | Surat Area (Surat /Chalthan /Bardoli /Niyol /Gangadhara) | Varanasi | Narayanpur Anant |
2 | Surat Area–Kanpur-Lucknow-Gorakhpur | Surat Area (Surat /Chalthan /Bardoli /Niyol /Gangadhara) | Kanpur, Lucknow | Gorakhpur Area |
3 | Bangalore Area - Melpakkam - Delhi Area | Bangalore Area (Bangalore /Yeswantpur) | Jolarpet, Perambur, Gudur, Vijayawada, Warangal, Ballaharshah, Nagpur | Okhla-ICOD |
4 | Delhi Area - Guwahati | Okhla-ICOD | Kanpur, Lucknow | Aghtori |
5 | Renigunta – Nizamuddin (Doodh Duronto + JPP) | Renigunta /Kurnool Town /Secunderabad /Kacheguda | Kurnool town, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Kazipet, Ballaharshah, Nagpur, Bhopal | Okhla-ICOD |
6 | Secunderabad Area – Guntur – Rajahmundry – Howrah/ Guwahati Area | Secunderabad (Kacheguda /Secunderabad /Vijayawada /Rajmundry) | Guntur, Vijayawada, Tadepalligudem, Rajamundry | Sankrail/ Chitpur /Aghtori |
7 | Ahmedabad – Udhna – Howrah/Gawhati | Lynch/ Kankaria /Anand /Udhna | Jabalpur (Via Manikpur)
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| 17-02-2023
| RUNNING OF RAIL POST GATI SHAKTI EXPRESS CARGO SERVICE | दकà¥à¤·à¤¿à¤£à¤ªà¥‚रà¥à¤µà¤°à¥‡à¤²à¤µà¥‡ SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY पà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¸à¤µà¤¿à¤œà¥à¤žà¤ªà¥à¤¤à¤¿ PRESS RELEASE RUNNING OF RAIL POST GATI SHAKTI EXPRESS CARGO SERVICE Kolkata, 17th February, 2023: It has been decided to run Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service to facilitate joint Parcel Products of India Post and Indian Railways. These Time Tabled Parcel Express Trains will run between Sankrail Goods Terminal-Bhiwandi and Sankrail Goods Terminal-Guwahati. In addition to that, another Parcel Express Train will also run between Sir M.Visveswaraya Terminal (Bengaluru)-Guwahati via Kharagpur as per the given schedule:- Sankrail Goods Terminal-Guwahati-Sankrail Goods Terminal Time Tabled Parcel Express 00807 Sankrail Goods Terminal-Guwahati Parcel Express will leave Sankrail Goods Terminal every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday w.e.f 21.02.2023 at 20.30 hrs and will reach Guwahati at 07.00 hrs on the third day. In the return direction, 00808 Guwahati-Sankrail Goods Terminal Parcel Express will leave Guwahati every Thursday, Friday and Monday w.e.f 23.02.2023 at 14.00 hrs and will reach Sankrail Goods Terminal at 19.30 hrs on the second day. This Parcel Express Train will stop at Malda Town, Rangapani, New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri, Alipurduar and New Bongaigaon. Bhiwandi-Sankrail Goods Terminal-Bhiwandi Time Tabled Parcel Express 00121 Bhiwandi-Sankrail Goods Terminal Parcel Express will leave Bhiwandi every Monday w.e.f 20.02.2023 at 22.00 hrs and will reach Sankrail Goods Terminal at 18.00 hrs on every Wednesday. In the return direction, 00122 Sankrail Goods Terminal-Bhiwandi Parcel Express will leave Sankrail Goods Terminal every Thursday w.e.f 23.02.2023 at 19.30 hrs and will reach Bhiwandi at 12.40 hrs on every Saturday. This Parcel Express Train will stop at Mecheda, Panskura, Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Rourkela and Jharsuguda in SER jurisdiction. Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (Bengaluru)-Guwahati-Sir M Visvesvaraiya Terminal Time Tabled Parcel Express(One Trip) 00635 Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal-Guwahati Parcel Express leaving Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal at 07.40 hrs every Thursday w.e.f 16.02.2023 will reach Guwahati at 19.00 hrs on every Sunday. In the return direction, 00636 Guwahati-Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Parcel Express will leave Guwahati every Monday w.e.f 20.02.2023 at 04.00 hrs and will reach Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal at 18.00 hrs on 23.02.2023. This Parcel Express Train will stop at Kharagpur and Sankrail Goods Terminal in SER jurisdiction. ..........
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