Highlights:
* Highest-ever despatch of 1.8 lakh units in 2020-21
* Offsets over 3,200 MT of CO2 emissions, cumulatively
The Company has been progressively increasing use of railways for its vehicle transportation. The transportation by rail exceeded 1.8 lakh in 2020-21, which accounts for nearly 13% of total sales in the same period.
Explaining the objective of using railways for transporting vehicles, Mr
Background on Maruti Suzuki's collaboration with
Maruti Suzuki, a pioneer in the use of railways to ferry finished vehicles, has come a long way from using a single deck converted rakes to deploying high speed, high capacity new design double deck rakes. The operations started with the use of railway wagons (converted from old passenger coaches). These single deck wagons had a rake capacity to transport 125 cars.
With growing volumes, there was a need for a shift to high capacity dedicated wagons. Accordingly,
In the spirit of kaizen, RDSO further developed the rakes to improve the carrying capacity by 20 per cent. These changes were based on inputs from Maruti Suzuki and other OEMs and brought in wider flexibility to carry vehicles of varying dimension and also have capability for faster speeds.
These rakes carry up to 318 cars and can be operated at speeds of 95/km per hour, highest for any goods train in
Till date, 36 high-speed and high-capacity rakes are in active use by Maruti Suzuki and its service providers for despatch of its vehicles.
Maruti Suzuki is the first auto manufacturer in the country to obtain Automobile Freight Train Operator (AFTO) license. This allows private firms to fabricate and operate high speed, high capacity auto-wagon rakes on the
At present, Maruti Suzuki utilises five loading terminals (Gurgaon, Farukhnagar, Kathuwas, Patli and Detroj) and 15 destination terminals (
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