Chennai: Amazon India announced that it has strengthened its partnership with the Indian Railways to transport consignments via rail across the country.
The company is leveraging the ‘Covid-19 Parcel Special Trains’ introduced by the Indian Railways to ramp up its operations to 55 lanes during the lockdown period.
“This is yet another step towards a long-term partnership between Amazon India and Indian Railways which is focused on developing the rail network to supplement the road and air networks for transportation of customer packages with improved speed and reliability,” said a press note.
Indian Railways with the support of the Railway Board and the zones across Western, Central, Northern, Eastern, South Central, Southern, South Eastern, North East Frontier, North Westernand South Western have created a proactive solution to provide support for transportation during lockdown.This enhanced network will enable sellers in Amazon India’s network to ship their products across the country and keep their businesses running.