Maruti Suzuki uses Indian Railways to transport 7.2 lakh cars in five years

Maruti Suzuki uses Indian Railways to transport 7.2 lakh cars in five years (hindustantimes.com)

Indian Railways too has been pushing car makers to assess the many benefits of making use of its special coaches. Its design arm - Research Design and Standard’s Organization - had come up with something called BCACM which doubled the capacity of trains to ferry cars - from 125 units in one-go to around 265. A subsequent design upgrade took this number up to 318 cars at speeds of up to 95 kmph.

Maruti Suzuki dispatched 1.8 lakh units in just 2020-21 using the rail route option - around 13% of its total sales in this time period. This is the highest figure ever for the country's largest car maker. As many as 1.78 lakh units were transported via rail in 2019. (Full report here)

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