First-Ever Vyapar Mala Express Train – Free PDF Download

• The Indian Railways ran an Express Service for transportation of less than train load cargo through the first “Vyapar Mala Express”.
• This is a special type of cargo service where traders can book part of the goods carrying rake as per their requirement or supply order.
• The first “Vyapar Mala Express” which left from Kishanganj station (in Delhi) of Northern Railway on August 1 to Jirania station in Tripura
• Reached its destination in the morning of August 4.
• The train covered a distance of 2,360 kms in 68 hours only.
• In the very first such initiative, 34 wagons with wheat were loaded from the Goniana station of Punjab.
• Then 10 wagons with rice and 2 wagons with pulses were loaded from Delhi Kishanganj station by local traders.

• It will cover a distance of 2673 Kms from Punjab to Tripura.

Benefits

• This facility by the Railways is a golden opportunity for small and medium business houses or traders to transport their produces or products to any part of the country by railway speedily within a short time.
• It has provided ample scope to traders to transport perishable items also through this type of faster and environment-friendly mode.
• The common people will also be benefitted due to the reduced cost and time of transportation.
• Railways has earned more than 94 lakh rupees from this Vyapar Mala Express train.

• The first “Kisan Rail” train service from Devlali in Maharashtra to Danapur in Bihar was inaugurated on 7^th
• Scheduled halts have been provided at Nasik Road, Khandwa, Jalgaon, Manmad, etc.
• This is the first-ever multi-commodity train service, which will carry-
• Vegetables like capsicum, cauliflower, cabbage, chillies, drumsticks, onion, etc., and Fruits like grapes, banana, pomegranate, etc.
• The train has been equipped with frozen containers and apart from fruits and vegetables,
• It is expected to build a seamless national cold supply chain of milk, meat and fish.

• It was flagged off from Tadipatri Railway Station in Anantapur district in AP, carrying a load of 980 metric tonnes of locally grown bananas,
• To the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, from where the consignment will be exported to Iran.

• From Lingampalli Railway Station in Telangana to Hatia Railway Station near Ranchi.
• On 10 June 2020 from Gujarat’s Palanpur and Botad railway stations.

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