1. 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

2. 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 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 !!

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

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

5. Share Of Different Modes In India (In %age )

6. Intermodal share of freight traffic6

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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)

11. 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.

12. 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

14. 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.

15. Rail Transportation- Parcel Business
In , 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.

16. 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

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

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

20. Sliding Wall Parcel Van:

22. Thank You