Technology

How India’s biggest car maker started a railways revolution

Transporting passenger vehicles in a country as large as India used to be the preserve of roads. Maruti changed all that when it started using railways to move its goods. As competitors catch up, it is now taking the logistics game a notch higher.

Cars usually take the road to get to a place. Maruti made a bit of history in 2024 when it made 2 million of its cars board a train. These were of course shiny, new cars and were being transported to the markets where they were sold.

Today, Maruti is not the only company to use trains for transportation of its goods (passenger vehicles. OEMs who sell vehicles in big volumes, rail is becoming a serious strategy for moving cars in bulk. Besides.