Western Railway has ensured the constant supply of essential commodities through its special parcel trains. The zone has now run a total of 504 Parcel Special Trains to different parts of the country to transport about 1.11 lakh tonnes of various essential commodities like agricultural produce, medicines, fish, milk. The revenue generated through this transportation has been approx. Rs 36.35 crore. During this period, 81 milk special trains were run by Western Rly, with a load of more than 61,500 tonnes and 100% utilization of the wagons. Western Railway's Business Development Unit of Vadodara division has started transportation of Steel from, Kribhco Rail Infrastructure Ltd (KRIL), Pvt Frei

Author-Shlok Talati