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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ourneys-to-go-places/articleshow/53802211.cms
Maruti cars may take more train journeys to go places
NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki could be teaming up with an unlikely partner. The country's largest carmaker is planning to push sales by ferrying its cars to remote areas of western, eastern and north-eastern India using Indian Railways' network.
The Gurgaon-based carmaker transports a little over 5 per cent of its vehicles via railways. It plans to increase this manifold if the railway network can support it. At present, Maruti Suzuki loads auto wagon rakes at the Gurgaon railway station for transportation to Bengaluru in Karnatakaand Mundra in Gujarat, from where the vehicles reach distributors by road. "Depending on improved speed, turnaround time, infrastructure and connectivity, more destinations would be developed in west, east and northeast to enhance car availability in far-flung regions," said a spokesperson for Maruti Suzuki (MSIL).
The carmaker has invested Rs 50 crore in developing three flexi-deck auto wagon rakes with the railways' Research Design & Standards Organisation. Recently, it also obtained an automobile freight train operator licence from the railways, becoming the first carmaker in India to do so.
The licence will allow it to develop, procure and operate its own auto-wagon rakes. Maruti Suzuki's logistics division is aiming to halve the transit time between Gurgaon and Bengaluru to 70 hours with the induction of high-speed rakes. Reduced transit time will result in shorter lead time and faster deliveries to customers.
The flexi-deck auto-wagon rake procured by Maruti Suzuki can carry 318 cars, up 20 per cent from the twindecker rakes it currently uses for rail transportation. The new rakes can move at speeds of up to 95 km per hour as compared with 65 km per hour for the existing rakes. The new rakes have reduced carbon emission too. While the scale of auto transport via railways is limited, at present, cost savings can be substantial once traffic flows are established both ways from a particular region.
The company spokesperson said, "Cost advantage in railways is destination-specific as compared with other modes of transport. Rakes are best used for bulk transportation to major distant destinations and are beneficial if there is traffic both sides. Transporting cars by rail reduces carbon emission and consumption of fossil fuel, thereby, making it more environment-friendly. Use of railways also helps in de-congesting the highways...it can be viable if it's well connected."
Hyundai, Maruti Suzuki's closest rival, refused to comment on the matter. As per industry estimates, transportation of vehicles by rail is 10-15 per cent cheaper than by road. Rail transportation also negates tampering of goods.
To increase auto transportation via railways, Maruti Suzuki said addition of facilities like loading and unloading terminals, route clearances, etc., are required. Developmental activities for the same are being carried out and projects are being evaluated with separate government agencies.
"We will scale up operations on the basis of clearances on these projects. It will require investment towards berthing, loading, unloading facilities", said a company executive. Under its initiative to develop a green, environment-friendly sustainable supply chain, Maruti Suzuki is developing multimodal logistics (road, rail and waterways) for dispatch of cars to domestic destinations and to gateway ports for export.
The company has also signed an MoU with the Inland Waterways Authority of India(IWAI) to ferry vehicles using the country's national waterways.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ourneys-to-go-places/articleshow/53802211.cms
Maruti cars may take more train journeys to go places
NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki could be teaming up with an unlikely partner. The country's largest carmaker is planning to push sales by ferrying its cars to remote areas of western, eastern and north-eastern India using Indian Railways' network.
The Gurgaon-based carmaker transports a little over 5 per cent of its vehicles via railways. It plans to increase this manifold if the railway network can support it. At present, Maruti Suzuki loads auto wagon rakes at the Gurgaon railway station for transportation to Bengaluru in Karnatakaand Mundra in Gujarat, from where the vehicles reach distributors by road. "Depending on improved speed, turnaround time, infrastructure and connectivity, more destinations would be developed in west, east and northeast to enhance car availability in far-flung regions," said a spokesperson for Maruti Suzuki (MSIL).
The carmaker has invested Rs 50 crore in developing three flexi-deck auto wagon rakes with the railways' Research Design & Standards Organisation. Recently, it also obtained an automobile freight train operator licence from the railways, becoming the first carmaker in India to do so.
The licence will allow it to develop, procure and operate its own auto-wagon rakes. Maruti Suzuki's logistics division is aiming to halve the transit time between Gurgaon and Bengaluru to 70 hours with the induction of high-speed rakes. Reduced transit time will result in shorter lead time and faster deliveries to customers.
The flexi-deck auto-wagon rake procured by Maruti Suzuki can carry 318 cars, up 20 per cent from the twindecker rakes it currently uses for rail transportation. The new rakes can move at speeds of up to 95 km per hour as compared with 65 km per hour for the existing rakes. The new rakes have reduced carbon emission too. While the scale of auto transport via railways is limited, at present, cost savings can be substantial once traffic flows are established both ways from a particular region.
The company spokesperson said, "Cost advantage in railways is destination-specific as compared with other modes of transport. Rakes are best used for bulk transportation to major distant destinations and are beneficial if there is traffic both sides. Transporting cars by rail reduces carbon emission and consumption of fossil fuel, thereby, making it more environment-friendly. Use of railways also helps in de-congesting the highways...it can be viable if it's well connected."
Hyundai, Maruti Suzuki's closest rival, refused to comment on the matter. As per industry estimates, transportation of vehicles by rail is 10-15 per cent cheaper than by road. Rail transportation also negates tampering of goods.
To increase auto transportation via railways, Maruti Suzuki said addition of facilities like loading and unloading terminals, route clearances, etc., are required. Developmental activities for the same are being carried out and projects are being evaluated with separate government agencies.
"We will scale up operations on the basis of clearances on these projects. It will require investment towards berthing, loading, unloading facilities", said a company executive. Under its initiative to develop a green, environment-friendly sustainable supply chain, Maruti Suzuki is developing multimodal logistics (road, rail and waterways) for dispatch of cars to domestic destinations and to gateway ports for export.
The company has also signed an MoU with the Inland Waterways Authority of India(IWAI) to ferry vehicles using the country's national waterways.
@Ryuzaki