Bhopal Railway Division is continuously working towards promoting transportation of essential commodities via freight trains. Traders and businessmen are being contacted on regular basis to make them aware of attractive schemes of Railways for the freight trains. In this effort, Bhopal railway has earned revenue of Rs 724.41 crore in current financial year April 2020 to January 2021 (10 months). This amount is 29.74% higher than the revenue earned during financial year 2019-20. During last financial year it had earned revenue of Rs 558.36 crores with goods train.

 

Railways is making efforts to load record break number of products in goods wagon. Till now Railways has sent 499 tractors to Bangladesh from Bhopal. Bhopal division is continuously working towards business development by releasing attractive schemes for the traders. Bhopal division is working towards goods trains for better transportation of essential commodities in India as well as neighbouring countries.

 

Railway officials are contacting the traders and businessmen for maximum usage of rail transportation for goods. Bhopal railway is making attractive schemes to lure the traders for goods train. The initiative of Bhopal railway was also lauded by the Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in his recent tweet.

 

Bhopal railway has also formed business development group, including senior railway officials. Senior DCM Vijay Prakash said, “Main aim of forming business development group is to involve more businessmen, industrialists, commercial organisations, factories, production companies and marketing heads for maximum loading of goods in trains for further transportation.

 

This would help to boost railway transportation with maximum goods loading.” He said business development group is making efforts to bring new proposals for goods loading and easy transportation throughout country.