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With packets and sacks containing apples, motor vehicle parts, agricultural produce, mail vans and baggage of defence personnel jostling for space at parcel booking counters of the Indian Railways, the national transporter is now exploring the potential of using its network to move India Post parcels, too. The Member-Traffic of the Railway Board and the Secretary, Department of Posts, are evaluating the potential of carrying parcel cargo on trains. The share of the Railways in India Post’s overall traffic is about 1 per cent, while the share of Railways’ revenue from parcel traffic is 4 per cent. The Railways is also working on various strategies to increase income from parcel traffic, which has stagnated at ₹1,800-2,000 crore in the past few years.
The Railways has also opened the parcel sector to private container operators. Private container operators have side opening containers, which are like domestic wagons. These can be used like wagons, consolidating loose cargo from a goodshed to move to another point. The Container Corporation has just run a train for the domestic segment from Dadri depot near Delhi, which is a first.
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