Southern Railway has announced the launch of its intra-zonal ‘Coast to Coast’ Parcel Express Train, a time-tabled logistics service to offer fast, reliable, and cost-effective parcel movement and logistics solution across Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
This initiative, being the first-of-its-kind in Indian Railways, marks a significant step towards strengthening regional parcel mobility on Indian Railways.
The unique feature of this service is earmarking of dedicated parcel coaches to each destination, ensuring organised parcel handling and management. The train accommodates a wide range of commodities including white goods, perishables, consumer products, and industrial materials. Competitive parcel rates provide substantial savings over road transport.
The Parcel Express services will be operated on Fridays from Mangaluru Central and on Tuesdays from Royapuram (Chennai). The service will stop at Salem, Erode, Uttukkuli, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Shoranur, Tirur, Kozhikkode, Thalassery, Kannur and Kasaragod, ensuring smooth and efficient loading and unloading across major commercial centres.
The first service is scheduled to depart on December 12 from Mangaluru Central at 15.10 hrs and will reach Royapuram ( Chennai) the next day at 13.30 hrs. The return service is scheduled to depart on December 16 at 15.45 hrs from Royapuram and will reach Mangaluru Central at 14.20 hrs the next day.
Published – November 20, 2025 06:13 pm IST
