Chennai: Chennai division of Southern Railway has achieved a new milestone in its freight business.
During July 2020, the division has loaded 94 Demand VPUs in Parcels and has transported 2157 tonnes of material generating revenue of more than Rs 1 crore, said an official release.
This performance has surpassed the entire demand VP (Parcel Van) performance of previous year (2019-20) when only 80 VPUs were throughout the year. The parcel carrying capacity of each VP (Parcel Van) is 23 tonnes whereas, in the recently introduced LHB Parcel Vans is 24 tonnes.
Till July 2020, 133 demand VPUs have been loaded fetching revenue of Rs 1.48 crore thereby surpassing the entire previous year’s demand VPU earnings of Rs 1.21 crore.
Chennai Division of Southern Railway started its first ever Timetabled Parcel Cargo Express train on 1 April 2020. The first Parcel Express Special was operated from Dr.MGR Chennai Central to New Delhi. On the same day another special was operated from Yeswantpur to Howrah via Chennai Central.