In response to the Instances of India, railway officers stated {that a} whole of fifty.6 lakh automobiles have been made within the nation within the final monetary yr. Of those, about 12.5 lakh automobiles have been despatched by trains. A serious railway official stated, ‘Within the final 4 years, the variety of automobiles from trains has elevated from 14.7% to about 24.5%. We hope that this pattern will proceed. As a result of automotive making firms discover extra handy, reasonably priced and higher for the atmosphere.
Railway’s massive step after aircraft crash, particular trains run from Ahmedabad to Delhi and Mumbai, full particulars
Just one nation is forward
By way of automotive carrying a automotive by prepare, India has left behind many massive international locations of the world together with China and Germany. India is second when it comes to carrying automobiles from trains everywhere in the world. The primary quantity is America, the place about 75 lakh automobiles go by rail. Germany is at quantity three with about 6 million automobiles.
How a lot distinction did it make?
Business sources say that the variety of automobiles going greater than 600 km from vans has been virtually half. This occurred as a result of the Railways desires to get extra share on this work. A big official of a logistics firm stated that this has brought about a whole lot of harm to the street transport trade, which provides jobs to extra individuals. Railways is offering extra racks and can be encouraging to extend enterprise.
How did the growth come?
Sources within the Ministry of Railways stated that this bounce in carrying automobiles from trains has come because of steady efforts. There have been solely 10 racks for this work in 2013-14. By the yr 2021, their quantity elevated to 29 and now it’s 170. He stated that in 2024-25, a complete of seven,578 rounds have been made to hold automobiles.
SUV additionally joined
Two years in the past, the Railways designed the Wagons in such a method that even giant autos like SUVs may come on each decks. Earlier a rack contained 27 wagons, through which solely 135 SUVs have been capable of come. However now their quantity has doubled to 270. As a result of this, the railway is ready to take extra autos at a time.
As a result of this progress of the railway, street transport firms have to be going through some issues. However that is benefiting the atmosphere, as trains make much less air pollution than vans. Additionally, automotive making firms have gotten an affordable and simple option to ship autos.
