Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Maruti Suzuki) transported over 3.2 lakh vehicles via Indian railways in the calendar year 2022. Notably, this is the highest-ever dispatch using the railway mode by the Company in the aforementioned calendar year. This move resonates perfectly with the Government of India’s aim to reach net zero emissions by 2070. Thus Maruti Suzuki has enhanced its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint in its business operations.
The strategy to increase the use of rail mode in outbound logistics has resulted in dispatching a record 3.2 lakh vehicles using railways for the given calendar year. This has resulted in offsetting close to 1,800 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions. In addition, Maruti Suzuki has also been able to save over 50 million litres of fuel during the given year.
This contributes to enhancing the energy security of the country. Maruti Suzuki also thanked Indian Railways for its continued support in the endeavour to scale up vehicle dispatches using railways. Going forward, the company further aims to increase these numbers. For this, they have laid down the plan to set up dedicated railway sidings at its facilities in Haryana (Manesar) and Gujarat.
Maruti Suzuki is India’s first automobile manufacturer to get the Automobile Freight Train Operator (AFTO) licence in 2013. This licence allows the company to fabricate and operate high-speed, high-capacity auto-wagon rakes on the Indian Railways network. Since then, Maruti Suzuki has consistently worked to enhance the share of dispatches via the railways.
In the last 10 years, Maruti Suzuki has seen a fivefold increase in railway dispatches in terms of volumes. Going by the numbers, the share of railways in outbound logistics has increased from 5 per cent in 2013 to 17 per cent in 2022. In the last 10 years, the company has transported over 1.4 million vehicles using railways. This translates to offsetting over 6,600 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Maruti Suzuki uses 40 specially designed railway rakes to support the transportation of vehicles across the country. Each rake has the capacity to carry over 300 vehicles. As of today, it utilises 7 loading terminals across Delhi-NCR and Gujarat and 18 destination terminals. This includes Bangalore, Nagpur, Mumbai, Guwahati, Mundra Port, Indore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Delhi-NCR, Siliguri, Coimbatore, Pune, Agartala, Silchar, Ranchi and Ludhiana.
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