National Academy of Indian Railways INDIAN EXPERIENCE 1.Multimodal Infrastructure Institutions 2. LCL/LWL Traffic 3. Parcel Traffic By: Pravin Parmar Sr. Professor (T.M.) National Academy of Indian Railways

Transport Scenario of Parcel Traffic in India : Road & Rail: An independent view. Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training (IFTRT) report of 2012 : India's logistic cost as a percentage of GDP is as high as 13.5% . In developed countries, it is 7.5%. Even in BRIC countries it is 9.5%. India's current GDP is 1886 billion dollars i.e. Rs.113 lac crores (1 dollar = Rs 60). This means, India's logistic costs @ 13.5% of GDP stands at Rs. 15 lac crores. Out of this logistic cost, Warehousing and inventory costs are at 10 lac crores & the transportation (Road & Rail) costs are at 5 lac crores. Amongst this 5 lac Crore, Road transport takes in 4 lac crores. (of which Parcel is 1.4 lac crores + freight 2.6 lac crores) & the balance is with Rail transport- Rs.1 lac crore (in which 99% from freight). Thus, IR, currently, has a dismal share (1828 crore) in a 1.4 lac crore Parcel traffic market !!

Earning Contribution 2014-15 (BE) Goods Earning 66% Other Coaching 3 % Sundry 3 % Misc. 0.1% Pass. Earning 28 % Goods Earning 66%

THE FREIGHT BASKET - %AGE SHARE (2013-14)

Share Of Different Modes In India (In %age )

Intermodal share of freight traffic 6

Key Statistics of I R (2013-14) 65,808 route kilometers 59,600 Passenger Coaches 10,499 locomotives 2.45 lakh wagons 7112 block stations 13.34 lakh work force

Indian Railways Lifeline of India DAILY TRANSPORT OUTPUT 23 MILLION PASSENGERS 3 MILLION TONNES FREIGHT LOADING 12,961 PASSENGER TRAINS RUN > 7000 FREIGHT TRAINS PASSENGER VOLUMES EQUIVALENT TO COMBINED POPULATION OF OVER 40 COUNTRIES SUM OF TOTAL KMs OF ALL TRAINS RUN ON IR IN A DAY IS MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE DISTANCE BET. EARTH & MOON.

Multimodal Infrastructure Institutions Logistic service providing companies Container Corporation of India Ltd Private Container operation companies RO RO operations by Railways Central Rail side warehouse Company Ltd Transport Logistic corporation of India (TRANSLOC)

LCL / LWL Traffic Earlier IR used to carry LWL cargo – Smalls Traffic Since early 80s IR closed this traffic and gone for block rake transportation. Today IR caters only bulk cargo through block rakes. For LWL/LCL cargo IR offers Parcel transportation services For LWL traffic Railway offered a freight forwarder scheme. Also started CONCOR in late 80s to cater demand for piecemeal traffic.

Parcels Transportation IR runs 3362 Mail/Exp and 4298 Passenger trains daily. These trains carry parcels in SLRs and VPs attached to these trains IR also runs full parcel trains IR share in Parcel traffic in India is merely 1 % It contributes merely 1.1 % in IR’s total revenue

Parcels Transportation Parcel business of Rs.1828 crores is achieved through : SLRs of all passenger carrying trains : Luggage, Perishables, fruits and vegetables and Parcels booked in VPs (indent & lease) : Fruits & Vegetables, Hard parcels Parcel Trains (indent & lease) : General goods , Milk Tankers, Fruits (Bananas, Mango ), Automobiles.

Rail Transportation- Parcel Business In 2013-14, IR loaded 907 parcel trains, amounting to 2.5 parcel trains a day !! Total revenue from parcel trains is only 227 crores with average revenue of 25 lacs per train. We should have been running 100 parcel trains a day to cater to nation’s requirement of parcel transportation.

Issues in Parcel Transportation on IR Parcels are dealt with at Passenger Terminals only hence hinders passenger movement. – Separate parcel terminals are now planned Line Capacity issue – Parcel train vs Freight train Carrying capacity of Parcel trains Parcel handling at terminals particularly of white goods. Transit time guaranty to customers Requirement of specialized rolling stock for different cargo

Issues in Parcel Transportation on IR First mile and last mile connectivity Lack of total logistic solution to customer

PARCEL BUSINESS FUTURE New Parcel policy issued by IR in 2014; Parcel Management System

Sliding Wall Parcel Van:

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