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South Central Railway Pilots Rail Parcel App Across Seven Cities

The rollout pairs with an IIM Bangalore study to forecast demand, setting a rail-led logistics roadmap toward 2030 targets.

Overview

  • SCR unveiled the pilot on Wednesday at a Rail Parcel Logistics conclave held at Rail Nilayam in Secunderabad.
  • The app is live in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Bengaluru and Chennai during the pilot phase.
  • Customers get door-to-door pickup and delivery through trains with real-time tracking, automated push notifications and digital payments.
  • An MoU with IIM Bangalore’s SCMC tasks the institute with demand forecasting, modal competitiveness analysis, industry consultations, field surveys and infrastructure gap assessments.
  • The study will produce a strategic roadmap aligned with Mission 3,000 million tonnes by 2030, and SCR said its zone is the first to implement the app, described as a first-of-its-kind platform.