Coimbatore: The Salem division of Southern Railway, which introduced a new parcel cargo express train to Rajkot on Friday, is all set to introduce another train by January-end.
The new train will leave from Vanjipalayam in Tirupur and will travel up to Guwahati. This will be the third parcel cargo express train introduced by the division from August.
Officials said that a third parcel cargo train has been allotted to Bengaluru -based Visskan Logistics, which participated in the tender. “This train, like the other two, will have 350 tonnes capacity and will have around five major stops for loading and unloading,” said divisional commercial manager E Harikrishnan. It is expected to earn the division around Rs 25 lakh per round trip.
The other two trains depart from Coimbatore North station and run until Patel Nagar and Rajkot once a week each. While the train to Patel Nagar earns the division Rs 27 lakh per round trip, the train to Rajkot earns 24 lakh. Both have been allotted to Salem-based Star Associates. The tender is for six years. “The single train to Patel Nagar, from August-end, has earned the division Rs 2.47 crore so far,” said Harikrishnan.
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