on Wednesday said that it has achieved a significant milestone by cumulatively dispatching over three million (30 lakh) vehicles through railways, demonstrating its commitment to green logistics.
Over the past decade, the company has systematically scaled up the share of rail in outbound logistics from 5 per cent in FY2014-15 to 26.5 per cent in FY 2025-26, the company said.
Interestingly, the progression from two-million to three-million cumulative rail-based vehicle dispatches has been attained in just 21 months, making it the fastest million for Maruti Suzuki’s operations.
“Achieving three-million cumulative vehicle dispatches through railways marks a significant milestone in Maruti Suzuki’s green logistics journey. Since 2014, our rail-based vehicle dispatches have increased ninefold in volume, now contributing 26.5 per cent of the company’s total vehicle dispatches. Maruti Suzuki has committed over Rs.13,720 million towards dedicated green logistics infrastructure,” Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing Director & CEO, MSIL, said.
The investment includes development of in plant railway sidings at MSIL’s Hansalpur and Manesar manufacturing facilities, rail yards set-up at key logistics hubs, procurement of specialised automotive rakes, and supporting multiple infrastructure upgrades, he said.
“We thank the government for the visionary PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, which has created a strong enabling framework for integrated, multimodal logistics and has supported the industry’s transition towards efficient, rail-led, and sustainable freight movement. Going forward, we aim to increase the share of rail-based vehicle dispatches to 35 per cent by FY2030-31 and plan to establish an in plant siding at our new Kharkhoda facility. This would further help reduce carbon footprint, lower fuel consumption, and ease overall road congestion,” he added.
MSIL is the first and only passenger vehicle manufacturers in India to have a railway siding at two of its manufacturing facilities at Hansalpur (Gujarat) and Manesar (Haryana). These have been developed under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.
The combined dispatch capacity of the two automobile in-plant railway sidings is 7.50 lakh vehicles annually. Together they service more than 600 cities from 22 hubs via a dedicated hub and spoke model and transport popular Maruti Suzuki models such as Dzire, Alto, WagonR, Brezza, Ertiga, Celerio, XL6, Eeco, Super Carry, Swift, Fronx, Baleno, Grand Vitara, etc. manufactured at the company’s Gurugram, Manesar and Gujarat facilities. Port locations of Mundra and Pipavav, used by Maruti Suzuki for exports, are also serviced by railways, the company added.