Indian Railways launches Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service

New Delhi, 17 Feb 2023: Indian Railways and India Posts have formally launched Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service, Joint Parcel Product of Railways, and India Post. It is an initiative of a partnership between Indian Railways and India Posts in providing seamless logistics for the services sector in the country. Rail post gati shakti express.

Indian Railways launches Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service

This is in compliance with the Budget Announcement for FY 2022-23. Today it has been started, on the four sectors -Delhi to Kolkata; Bangalore to Guwahati, Surat to Muzaffarpur, and Hyderabad to Hazrat Nizamuddin.  However, a total of 15 sectors(mentioned in Annx-A) have been planned to be covered in the first phase. Rail post gati shakti.

The highlights of this service are Total logistic Service: Pick-Up and Delivery at customer premises, Palletization -Transportation through covered and sealed boxes, Semi-mechanized handling, Timetabled service, Insurance at 0.05% of the declared value of the cargo for loss, damage, and deterioration, Integrated Parcel Way Bill. Joint Marketing Teams between Posts and Railways have been made to take this initiative forward. Doing away with the slab system of pricing is an innovation herein. Rail post office

Railways and the Department of Posts have collectively upgraded their tools, machinery, handling equipment, and storage space for optimum use. Specially designed Fold type boxes, Envelope boxes, Mesh type boxes, and Bubble Guard boxes made up of aluminum and lightweight material have been developed. Similarly, Parcel Aggregation Centre has been equipped with a conveyor system along with specially designed rakes for efficient stacking. BTU Deck where palletized material can be easily rolled is provided for effortless movement. rail post tracking

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Salient Features for Customers:

1. Doorstep Pick-Up and Delivery: India Post will pick up the consignment at the doorstep of the customer and transport it to the Railway Station (first-mile activity) at the destination railway station, India Post will transport the consignment from the station to the destination address and deliver the consignment at the doorstep of the addressee (last mile activity).
2. The flexibility of Quantum of Load: There is no fixed obligation of loading as a party can book a small load of 100 kg also.
3. Time-Tabled Service: Parcel Train operated under JPthe P Scheme is a time-tabled train with scheduled departure and arrival of Train at Originating, intermediate, and Destination stations which
4. Safe Transmission: Indian Railways will provide intermediate transmission between origin and destination railway stations (middle mile activity), in secured sealed boxes, ensuring safe and secured passage through timetabled trains.
5. Insurance: Dept. of Post offers a third-party insurance facility at an affordable rate of 0.03% of cargo value to the customers availing of JPP Service.
6. Affordable Tariff: First mile and last service charges at Rs 6/- per kg gives a positive and cost-effective solution to the customers in comparison to existing road rates.
7. Single Point of Contact: India Post will be the single point of contact for the customer for the despatch of consignment from pick up to delivery.
8. Mobile Application: A mobile app is being developed where customers availing of JPP service can book the consignment with an online payment facility and also can track the status of the consignment with a live tracking facility.
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Earlier, a Pilot weekly service was launched on 31st March 2022 from Surat to Varanasi by attaching a VPU to Tapti Ganga Express. After the Budget announcement in 2022-23, proof of concept has been conducted on the textile segment from Surat and today after conducting 99 trials on single Parcel Van mode and 16 trials on full train load mode, Railways have decided to launch this combined initiative across the network.

SN	Origin Destination	Origin Area	Stoppages	Destination Area
1	Surat Area –Varanasi-Sonpur-Narayanpur	Surat Area (Surat /Chalthan /Bardoli /Niyol /Gangadhara)	Varanasi	Narayanpur Anant
2	Surat Area–Kanpur-Lucknow-Gorakhpur	Surat Area (Surat /Chalthan /Bardoli /Niyol /Gangadhara)	Kanpur, Lucknow	Gorakhpur Area
3	Bangalore Area  - Melpakkam - Delhi Area	Bangalore Area (Bangalore /Yeswantpur)	Jolarpet, Perambur, Gudur, Vijayawada, Warangal, Ballaharshah, Nagpur	Okhla-ICOD
4	Delhi Area - Guwahati	Okhla-ICOD	Kanpur, Lucknow	Aghtori
5	Renigunta – Nizamuddin (Doodh Duronto + JPP)	Renigunta /Kurnool Town /Secunderabad /Kacheguda	Kurnool town, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Kazipet, Ballaharshah, Nagpur, Bhopal	Okhla-ICOD
6	Secunderabad Area – Guntur – Rajahmundry – Howrah/ Guwahati Area	Secunderabad (Kacheguda /Secunderabad /Vijayawada /Rajmundry)	Guntur, Vijayawada, Tadepalligudem, Rajamundry	Sankrail/ Chitpur /Aghtori
7	Ahmedabad – Udhna – Howrah/Gawhati	Lynch/ Kankaria /Anand /Udhna	Jabalpur (Via Manikpur)	Chitpur/Aghtori
8	Mumbai Area – Vasai/Boisar - Vapi/Umbergaon Area – Sahnewal	Bhivandi /Boisar /Vapi /Umbergaon /Udhna /Vadodara	Karambeli	Okhla/Sahnewal/Rudrapur City
9	Chennai Area – Vijayawada – Tadepalligudem - Howrah Area/Guwahati Area	Chennai Area (Royapuram, Perambur, Tambaram, Korukkupet)	Vijayawada, Rajamundry, Vizianagaram	Sankrail/ Chitpur /Aghtori
10	Delhi Area - Howrah	Okhla-ICOD	Chitpur	Sankrail/ Chitpur /Aghtori
11	Howrah - Guwahati	Sankrail/ Chitpur		Aghtori
12	Madurai - Dindagul - Trichy - Vijayawada - Howrah	Madurai/ Dindagul /Trichy	Royapuram /Korukkupet; Vijayawada	Sankrail/ Chitpur /Aghtori
13	Ernakulam – Coimbatore -  Tiruppur – Erode – Salem - Howrah	Ernakulam /Coimbatore /Tiruppur /Erode /Salem	Renigunta, Gudur	Sankrail/ Chitpur /Aghtori
14	Bhivandi - Boisar - Vapi/Umbergaon- Udhna – Howrah/Gauhati	Bhiwandi /Boisar /Vapi /Umbergaon /Udhna	Jabalpur,(Via Manikpur)	Sankrail/ Chitpur /Aghtori
15	Bangalore Area  - Melpakkam - Renigunta-Gudur - Vijayawada – Howrah /Guwahati	Banglaore /SMVB /Yeswantpur	Jolarpet, Perambur, Gudur, Vijayawada	Sankrail/ Chitpur /Aghtori

 

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