Maruti Suzuki Railway Despatch Reaches All-Time High In FY 2021-22

Maruti Suzuki India has upped its dispatch through railways by 23 per cent in the last fiscal year. India's largest carmaker has shipped 2.33 lakh units in FY2021-22 as compared to 1.89 lakh units it shipped in FY 2020-21. In fact, it's the highest ever dispatch in a financial year so far, since the company began shipping its cars through railways eight years ago. A senior company official shared with PTI. Maruti Suzuki has transported around 11 lakh vehicles through Indian Railways in the last eight years.

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The company claims that the move has helped in avoiding over 4,800 MT of carbon dioxide emissions and has saved over 1,56,000 truck trips and over 174 million litres of fuel. "Railway logistics offers a significant potential over road logistics to lower carbon footprint and reduce road congestion. Over the years we have consciously increased the share of car dispatches from our factory to dealers using railways," Rahul Bharti, Executive Director, Maruti Suzuki told PTI in an interaction.

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The company claims that the move has helped in avoiding over 4,800 MT of carbon dioxide emissions and has saved over 1,56,000 truck trips and over 174 million litres of fuel.

In 2014-15 the company began shipping vehicles with Indian railways with around 66,000 units in the first year and it has now reached an all-time high of 2.33 lakh units. "To further increase the share, we are taking several steps. As an industry first initiative, we have formed joint ventures with the governments of Gujarat and Haryana to set-up in-plant railway sidings at Hansalpur and Manesar manufacturing plants," Bharti added.

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Maruti Suzuki has 41 railway rakes, with a capacity of over 300 vehicles per rake. At present, it utilises six loading terminals across Delhi-NCR and Gujarat (Gurgaon, Farukhnagar, Kathuwas, Patli, Detroj and Chharodi) and 16 destination terminals (Bangalore, Nagpur, Mumbai, Guwahati, Mundra Port, Indore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Farukhnagar, Siliguri, Coimbatore, Pune, Agartala and Silchar).