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The e-locos will allow faster and safer movement of heavy freight trains, capable of hauling 6000 tonnes at a top speed of 120 km/h.

Indian Railways begins operation of Alstom’s first prima electric locomotive

21 May 2020 5:40 PM IST
May 21, 2020: The first of the 12000-horsepower, Prima T8 electric locomotives have been put into commercial service by Indian Railways.
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In 2019, Amazon India had partnered with Indian Railways for inter-city transportation of e-commerce packages on 13 lanes.

Amazon uses special trains on 55 lanes to move essentials across India

29 April 2020 5:19 PM IST
April 29, 2020: Amazon India announced that the company is leveraging the ’Covid-19 Parcel Special Trains’ introduced by the Indian Railways to ramp...
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The rail service aims for customers within the automotive and technology industrial verticals in Turkey and other segments which are in need of fast delivery to market.

Maersk launches weekly rail service from China to Turkey

29 April 2020 3:33 PM IST
April 29, 2020: Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey.
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One LHB High capacity Parcel van and One Luggage cum Generator car has been turned out on April 23 and 24 respectively.

Indian Railways resumes coach production at Kapurthala; two parcel coaches ready

27 April 2020 5:43 PM IST
April 27, 2020: Indian Railway’s production unit ‘Rail Coach Factory’ (RCF) Kapurthala has reopened its production process on April 23 after 28 days...
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Indian Railways delivers medicines, masks, hospital items and other medical commodities through its timetabled parcel services.

Railways transports 1,150 tonnes of vital medical items amid lockdown

20 April 2020 6:46 PM IST
April 20, 2020: As on April 18, Indian Railways has transported 1150 tonnes of crucial medical supplies in various parts of the country to fight...
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The lockdown had already caused tremendous damage to Indian logistics and the most affected is road transport.

Amid lockdown, Maersk urges Indian clients to switch from road to rail

20 April 2020 8:36 PM IST
April 21, 2020: Amid Covid-19 and lockdown in the country, Maersk India urged its customers to switch from road to inland rail service for faster and...
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The railway parcel vans can do quick mass transportation across the nation for the e-commerce entities and other customers including state governments to transport such goods.

Railways to run parcel trains on 20 more routes to carry medicines, masks and food

31 March 2020 10:51 AM IST
March 31, 2020: Indian Railways announced that it is already using eight special parcel trains to move essential items like medical supplies, medical...
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In the same time the railways had moved more than 1 lakh wagons of essential goods from March 23 to 26 in different parts of the country.

Indian Railways invokes force majeure; moves 1 lakh wagons of vital goods in 4 days

28 March 2020 6:03 PM IST
March 28, 2020: Indian Railways has invoked force majeure for the period from March 22 to April 14 during which no demurrage, wharfage, stacking,...
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To monitor the movement of essential commodities over Indian Railway system, an Emergency freight control is working in the Ministry of Railways.

Railways suspends passenger trains till April 14, freight moving 24/7

25 March 2020 4:14 PM IST
March 25, 2020: Amid Covid-19 scare and 21-day lockdown in the country, Indian railways has extended the suspension of its passenger trains till April...
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He was speaking in a press conference arranged along with the three-day event Air Cargo India 2020 ended on 27 December.

Kale Logistics venturing into full-fledged rail cargo management with UK’s Frieghtliner

28 Feb 2020 7:59 PM IST
February 28, 2020: IT solutions provider Kale Logistics will be soon venturing into full-fledged rail cargo management by installing its web-based...
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They were talking in an event Indian Steel: Fostering Steel Usage in Railways & Defence Sectors.

Dedicated Freight Corridor projects to consume 17 MT of steel in the next 5 years: DFCCIL

24 Feb 2020 11:59 AM IST
February 24, 2020: The senior officials of the Railway Board and the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) noted that the on-going...
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Concor will be initiating the exim terminal operations at its container depot at Guntur from February with 50,000 tonnes handling capacity.

Concor to begin international operations by end of February 2020

18 Feb 2020 6:18 PM IST
February 18, 2020: The Container Corporation of India (Concor) is all set to start its international operations by transporting goods in the 1400...
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