In a major step to extend the transportation of passenger autos or vehicles by Indian Railways, Union Minister for Railways, Info & Broadcasting and Electronics & Info Expertise, Ashwini Vaishnaw Tuesday inaugurated the nation’s largest car Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal (MMCT) at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd facility in Manesar, Haryana.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Maruti Suzuki India’s CEO and managing director Hisashi Takeuchi had been additionally current on the inauguration.
Maruti Suzuki is the largest producer for automobile loading in Indian Railways. The Manesar in-plant railway siding has a complete dispatch functionality of 4,50,000 autos yearly at full capability. It’s firm’s second in-plant railway siding facility.
Vaishnaw mentioned the Railways undertook main reforms in 2021 to strengthen multi-modal logistics, ensuing within the building of 108 MMCT in a brief span of time. “The terminal in Haryana, the place the announcement was made, is unfold over 45 acres and has a cargo dealing with capability of as much as 4.5 lakh vehicles… Legacy issues gathered in Railways through the years are actually being eradicated one after the other. Stations, trains, bathrooms, tracks, cleanliness, know-how — each sector has been improved comprehensively. New services are being supplied to passengers and built-in growth is being given precedence in collaboration with the business,” mentioned Vaishnaw whereas addressing the gathering.
The Manesar plant is linked to Patli railway station via a ten km devoted rail hyperlink. It’s a part of 121.7 km Haryana Orbital Rail Hall (HORC), which is being developed by the Haryana Rail Infrastructure Improvement Corp (HRIDC). Officers mentioned that the ten km railway line was developed at a value of Rs 800 crore, of which Rs 684 crore was paid by HRIDC and the remaining by Maruti Suzuki. HRIDC is a three way partnership of the Authorities of Haryana (51 per cent) and the Ministry of Railways (49 per cent).
HORC is being developed to decongest the Delhi Railway Community by diverting the railway site visitors not meant for Delhi.
“On June 17, the autos had been dispatched to 17 hubs or railway slidings to cater to 380 cities. The siding on the Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar plant contains 4 traces and two loading platforms. The largest profit of latest siding would be the direct loading of the automobile consignment from the plant. It’ll finish the necessity for transportation by highway to Farukhnagar, Bawal, Palhawas or Gurugram stations. In all, it would cut back a complete of. 65,000 truck journeys every year, decreasing the congestion on highway and saving fossil fuels,” mentioned a senior official on the Ministry of Railways.
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The full loading of vehicles within the Indian Railways has crossed the 1 million goal, the official added.
“The Rail Coefficient of India Railways has elevated from 1.2 per cent in 2013-14 to twenty.6 per cent in 2024-25. It means out of whole automobile manufacturing in India, 20.6 per cent is being transported by the railways. In 2024-25, the entire automobile manufacturing was 50.61 lakhs and out of this, 10.41 lakhs had been transported by railways. It’s principally for home gross sales. Virtually 50 per cent of whole automobile loading is completed by Maruti Suzuki,” mentioned the official quoted above.
Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar facility was inaugurated in February 2007. Aside from this, India’s largest automobile producer has three extra vegetation in Gurugram, Gujarat and Kharkhoda.
“The challenge (in-plant railway siding) underscores our sturdy dedication to India’s Web Zero emissions goal 2070. It’ll contribute to avoiding 1,75,000 tonne of CO2 emissions, saving 60 million litre of gas yearly at full capability, and decreasing highway congestion. Reducing carbon emissions stays a prime precedence at Maruti Suzuki and we intention to realize this, by growing the share of auto dispatches via railways to 35 per cent by FY 2030-31,” mentioned Hisashi Takeuchi, MD & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.