November 26, 2020: For the first time, South Central Railway (SCR) has transported automobile vehicles, mini trucks and commercial vehicles, from Zaheerabad here to Jirania Railway station in Tripura. It is the farthest distance covered by railways from SCR, connecting South India with North Eastern States.
Business Development Units (BDU) have been set up at both zonal and divisional levels not only to strengthen the existing traffic but also to attract new traffic towards railways. Accordingly, the Secunderabad Divisional BDU team has been making special efforts to increase the freight basket of the division.
The efforts have led Zaheerabad as fast evolving and a preferred station for loading automobiles in Secunderabad Division. Compared to the last financial year, wherein only one automobile rake was loaded, this year already 10 rakes have been loaded from this station, a press release said.
The automobile traffic used to go only to Changsari in Assam but efforts of Secunderabad division in coordinating and monitoring with freight customers has led to addition of one more destination – Jirania in Tripura.
About 15 NMG wagons consisting of 69 vehicles were transported to Jirania which is around 3,600 Kms from Zahirabad. Along with these, 10 NMG wagons consisting of 42 vehicles were loaded to Changsari.
Source: Telangana Today
