Amazon India reported a 15-fold enhance in motion of its parcels by way of railway networks in India because it started working with the Indian Railways in 2019.
Amazon India grew to become the primary firm within the Indian e-commerce sector to associate with the Indian Railways to construct an specific transportation resolution through rail to hold parcel wagons on Rajdhani in Categorical on the Mumbai-Delhi route, the corporate stated.
In response to Amazon, over the past 5 years, the e-tailer scaled its operations from one practice in 2019 to over 120 trains in 2024, working 130 intercity routes throughout 91 distinctive vacation spot cities by way of railways. In 2023, Amazon grew to become the primary e-commerce logistics firm leveraging Devoted Freight Corridors of the Indian Railways.
“Amazon India’s affiliation with the Indian Railways has been one of many key enablers for the corporate to supply one-day and two-day supply guarantees to clients throughout India,” it claimed.
Amazon Transportation Companies (Amazon India) and the Ministry of Indian Railways on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the present partnership between the 2 for quick transportation of Amazon packages by way of the Indian Railways’ community. As a part of this MoU, Amazon India and Indian Railways would collectively work in direction of establishing a hub and spoke mannequin for one origin-destination. The plan would additionally cowl first and last-mile necessities, transit instances, price choices, and coverage enablers to spice up parcel volumes on railways, stated a communique from Amazon.
