The Chennai Division of Southern Railway (SR), on 17 January 2021, flagged off its first leased parcel express cargo extension (PECE) train between Royapuram in North Chennai and Patel Nagar in Delhi.
The division has awarded a contract to operate the leased PECE train no 00653/ 00654 on a weekly basis to Khanna Logistics for six years.
With this contract, the division will garner revenue of Rs 22 lakh per round trip.
The train will leave Royapuram every Sunday with intermediate loading/unloading stoppages at Gudur, Bhopal, Nagpur, Agra cantonment and reach Patel Nagar every Tuesday.
In the return direction, the train will leave Patel Nagar every Wednesday and reach Royapuram every Friday with intermediate loading/unloading stoppages at Agra Cantonment, Bhopal, Nagpur, Vijayawada and Gudur.
With one trip per week, revenue of Rs 13 crore is expected in the first year and a minimum of Rs 99 crore revenue expected in the entire contract period.