CHENNAI: The commercial department of Mysore division SWR has launched a mobile application named ‘SWIFT’ known as Single Window for Integrated Freight Transportation for the benefit of customers. This app will be a one-stop destination to access requisite details for customers. It helps customers trace the contact number of parcel staff, special trains running, and types of commodities and interact with officials. It can be downloaded from play store.

 

First freight train carrying 1k bikes chugs out of Mysuru

 

After its success with the weekly Kisan Rail to help farmers with timely transportation of their perishable goods from Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and other districts to other regions in the country, South Western Railways Mysuru division on Saturday started to operate similar weekly freight trains to transport automobiles goods from the region.

 

This new move aims at helping local industrialists to transport their automobile and industrial goods.

 

Recently the first freight train carrying 1,000 TVS two-wheelers in new modified goods (NMG) rake loaded from the city’s Kadakola and chugged off towards Changsari near Guwahati, which is about 3,000 km from Mysuru. It will reach its destination within 55 hours.

 

Business Development Unit, which oversees the transportation of automobiles in freight trains, plans to operate weekly freight trains depending upon orders from Mysuru. It has received another order from TVS Company for transportation of another 1,000 two wheelers from its Kadakola plant till Howrah in West Bengal next week.