Maruti Suzuki India to double car dispatch through rail in three years

In the last eight years, MSIL increased its car dispatches by five times. In FY15, the company had transported just 65,700 units by rail

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) is planning to nearly double its dispatches through railways in the next three years, Rahul Bharti, executive officer (corporate affairs) of MSIL, told Business Standard.
 

The country's largest carmaker, MSIL had transported 335,000 units through railways in 2022-23 (FY23). That was 18 per cent of the total cars transported. 

In FY22, the company had transported 223,000 units by rail. MSIL will develop railway sidings at its production facilities in Manesar in Haryana, and Hansalpur in Gujarat, Bharti said. 
 

The one at the Gujarat plant will be inaugurated first, he added.

Once the sidings are developed, the automobiles