Railways starts door-to-door cargo service, aims to shift cargo movement

Indian Railways proposes to transform itself into a comprehensive logistics player with the launch of a door-to-door freight and parcel service, providing its customers with the flexibility to move consignments from warehouses to the final point of delivery.

So far, the railways has been seen as a transporter of goods, which also largely transport bulk commodities such as coal, iron ore, steel, limestone, and cement, with little or negligible presence in door-to-door services that customers are demanding. Also Read | Railways to join effort to build artificial ponds under Mission Amrit Sarovar

The second initiative is the launch of an assured transit container train service between Delhi and Kolkata, aiming to attract time-sensitive cargo from road to rail. This service provides doo