Chennai: Singaperumal Koil railway station, a location in the proximity of several automobile factories in Chennai-Chengalpattu-Kanchipuram sector, has been identified and developed as automobile hub by Chennai Division of Southern Railway.
The new auto hub will supplement the automobile loading requirements of factories of automobile majors such as Hyundai, Nissan, etc, Southern Railway said in a statemnet.
For first time ever, Chennai Division started automobile loading on 8 September from Singaperumal koil to Nepal. This new traffic has generated revenue of Rs 18.27 lakh for Railways.
“Singaperumal koil is a new automobile loading point located in Chennai Egmore – Villupuram section of Chennai Division. From this new loading point, the first export consignment of 125 cars of Renault – Nissan in 25 NMG (New Modified Goods) coaches was flagged off to Ramgarhwa, in Bihar which is closer to Nepal Border. This consignment is transported by Rail for a distance of 2244 kms,” it said.