Parcel Trains: Full List of Services Introduced by Indian Railways to Help Traders Move Goods During Lockdown

Indian Railways has introduced time tabled parcel trains 58 routes (109 trains) for parcel special trains have been notified since the start of the lock-down.

These trains will connect all the important centers across the country and will benefit local industries, e-commerce companies, interested groups and individuals ensuring regular supply of vital goods required for citizens, industry and agriculture.

Information on these trains is available on NTES website.

Till 5th April 5, 2020, 27 routes were notified, IR said in a statement.

Of this, 17 routes were regular scheduled services, while the remaining was for single trip only. Subsequently, 40 new routes have been identified and notified (and frequency of some of the previous routes has been increased).

Time Tabled Parcel Trains are planned as per the demand of the customers. Time tabled Parcel trains connect vital corridors of the country viz. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru. In addition, proper connectivity has also been ensured to Guwahati, to ensure supplies in the North-eastern region of the country.

Other important cities connected via these trains are Bhopal, Allahabad, Dehradun, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Ranchi, Gorakhpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Salem, Warangal, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatanam, Rourkela, Bilaspur, Bhusawal, Tatanagar, Jaipur, Jhansi, Agra, Nasik, Nagpur, Akola, Jalgaon, Surat, Pune, Raipur, Patna, Asansol, Kanpur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Ajmer, Gwalior, Mathura, Nellore and Jabalpur.

Indian Railways has also been running other Parcel trains as per demand of customers during this period – which include:

a) ‘Milk Specials’ from Palanpur (Gujarat) to Palwal (near Delhi), and from Renigunta (AP) to

Delhi

b) Milk products from Kankariya (Gujarat) to Kanpur (UP) and Sankrail (near Kolkata)

c) Food products from Moga (Punjab) to Changsari (Assam)

Time Tabled Parcel Trains are being run even on those routes where demand is less, so that no

part of the country remains unconnected. Some trains are being run with only 2 Parcel Vans, or

with 1 Parcel Van and Brake Van.

These Parcel Trains introduced in wake of COVID-19 pandemic over different zones are as under:

S.No.	Zone	Pairs of Parcel Special Trains
1	WR	12 pairs
2	CR	07 pairs
3	WCR	05 pairs
4	NR	08 pairs
5	NWR	01 pair
6	SR/SWR	10 pairs
7	SCR	05 pairs
8	SER	03 pairs
9	SECR	04 pairs
10	NCR	01 pair
11	ECoR	02 pairs
12	NER	01 pair
13	ER	07 pairs
14	ECR	01 pair

(This information is till the morning of 8th April, and is likely to be revised upwards regularly.)

List of Routes

ZONE	FROM	TO	Parcel Train Number
CR	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	Nagpur	109
CR	Nagpur	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	110
CR	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	Wadi	111
CR	Wadi	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	112
CR	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	Shalimar	113
CR	Shalimar	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	114
CR	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	Madras	115
CR	Madras	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	116
CR	Changsari	Kalyan	104
ER	Howrah	New Delhi	309
ER	New Delhi	Howrah	310
ER	Sealdah	New Delhi	311
ER	New Delhi	Sealdah	312
ER	Sealdah	Guwahati	313
ER	Guwahati	Sealdah	314
ER	Howrah	Guwahati	303
ER	Guwahati	Howrah	304
ER	Howrah	Jamalpur	305
ER	Jamalpur	Howrah	306
ER	Sealdah	Malda Town	315
ER	Malda Town	Sealdah	316
ER	Howrah	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	307
ER	ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus	Howrah	308
ECR	DeenDayalUpadhyaya Junction	Saharsa	302
ECR	Saharsa	DeenDayalUpadhyaya Junction	301
ECoR	Visakhapatnam	Cuttack	532
ECoR	Cuttack	Visakhapatnam	531
ECoR	Visakhapatnam	Sambalpur	530
ECoR	Sambalpur	Visakhapatnam	529
NR	New Delhi	Guwahati	402
NR	Guwahati	New Delhi	401
NR	Amritsar	Howrah	464
NR	Howrah	Amritsar	463
NR	Delhi	Jammu Tawi	403
NR	Jammu Tawi	Delhi	404
NR	Kalka	Ambala	454
NR	Ambala	Kalka	453
NR	Dehradun	Delhi	434
NR	Delhi	Dehradun	433
NCR	Prayagraj	Jhansi	436
NCR	Jhansi	Prayagraj	435
NER	Manduadih	Kathgodam	501
NER	Kathgodam	Manduadih	502
NFR	New Guwahati	Agartala
NWR	Jaipur-Rewari-Jodhpur-	Jodhpur-Ajmer-Jaipur	951
NWR	Jaipur-Ajmer-Jodhpur	Jodhpur-Rewari-Jaipur	952
SR	Madras	New Delhi	646
SR	New Delhi	Madras	647
SR	Madras	Coimbatore	653
SR	Coimbatore	Madras	654
SR	Chennai Egmore	Nagercoil	657
SR	Nagercoil	Chennai Egmore	658
SR	Thiruvananthapuram	Kozhikode	655
SR	Kozhikode	Thiruvananthapuram	656
SCR	Secundrabad	Howrah
SCR	Howrah	Secundrabad
SCR	Renigunta	Secundrabad	769
SCR	Secundrabad	Renigunta	770
SCR	Renigunta	Secundrabad	767
SCR	Secundrabad	Renigunta	768
SCR	Kakinada	Secundrabad	765
SCR	Secundrabad	Kakinada	766
SCR	Renigunta	Nizamuddin	761 (MILK)
SER	Shalimar	Ranchi	801
SER	Ranchi	Shalimar	802
SER	Shalimar	Changsari	803
SER	Changsari	Shalimar	804
SECR	Durg	Chhapra	875
SECR	Chhapra	Durg	876
SECR	Durg	Ambikapur	873
SECR	Ambikapur	Durg	874
SECR	Durg	Korba	871
SECR	Korba	DURG	872
SECR	Itwari	TATA	881
SECR	Tata	Itwari
SWR	Yesvantpur	Gorakhpur
SWR	Gorakhpur	Yesvantpur
SWR	Yesvantpur	Nizamuddin
SWR	Nizamuddin	Yesvantpur
SWR	Yesvantpur	Howrah
SWR	Howrah	Yesvantpur
SWR	Guwahati	Yesvantpur
WR	Bandra Terminus	Ludhiana
WR	Ludhiana	Bandra Terminus
WR	Madras	Kankaria
WR	Ahmedabad	Guwahati
WR	Guwahati	Ahmedabad
WR	Surat	Bhagalpur
WR	Bhagalpur	Surat
WR	Mumbai Central	Ferozpur
WR	Ferozpur	Mumbai Central
WR	Porbandar	Shalimar
WR	Shalimar	Porbandar
WR	Linch	Salchapra
WR	Salchapra	Linch
WR	Bhuj	Dadar
WR	Dadar	Bhuj
WR	Bandra Terminus	Okha
WR	Okha	Bandra Terminus
WCR	Bhopal	Gwalior
WCR	Gwalior	Bhopal
WCR	Itarsi	Bina
WCR	Bina	Itarsi
WCR	Bhopal	Khandwa
WCR	Khandwa	Bhopal
WCR	Rewa	Anooppur
WCR	Anooppur	Rewa
WCR	Rewa	Singrauli
WCR	Singrauli	Rewa

So far, approximately 32 pairs of parcel special have been notified as inter-Railway (long distance), while the remaining are intra-Railway (short distance).

Some of the longer routes for these Parcel Special trains are:

1) Kalyan – Santragachi

2) Kalyan – Changsari

3) New Delhi – Chennai

4) Salem – Bhatinda

5) Salem – Hisar

5) Yeswanthpur – Hazrat Nizamuddin

6) Yeswanthpur – Howrah

7) Yeswanthpur – Gorakhpur

8) Yeswanthpur – Guwahati

9) Ahmedabad – Guwahati

10) Karambeli – Changsari

11) Kankariya – Sankrail

The facility of transporting parcels through these trains can be availed by any person or company. As per the available trends, following goods are being transported across the length and breadth of the country:

i. Perishables (including eggs, fruits, vegetables, fish)

ii. Medicines, medical equipment, masks

iii. Milk and Dairy products

iv. Seeds (for agricultural use)

v. Other general goods such as E-Commerce consignments, packaged food items, books, stationery, packing material, etc

Trains have been given en-route stoppages at all feasible locations, so that maximum possible clearance of parcels may be done. Zonal Railways are publishing the time-tables of these trains in leading newspapers. In addition, regular customers and government agencies are also being contacted.

Photo: Anirudh Iyer