Railway & Multimodal Logistics Services in India
Safe & Secure Logistics provides integrated railway and multimodal logistics solutions that combine road, rail, and sea freight for optimal cost, transit time, and reliability. As India invests heavily in its railway freight infrastructure through the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), Gati Shakti, and PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, multimodal logistics is becoming the backbone of efficient, sustainable, and cost-competitive supply chains.
We help customers leverage India’s expanding rail freight network to reduce transport costs by 20-40% compared to road-only solutions while maintaining service quality, visibility, and delivery reliability through our integrated operations management.
Rail Freight Services
Safe & Secure offers comprehensive rail freight solutions for bulk and containerised cargo:
- Container Rail: CONCOR and private train operator partnerships for containerised cargo movement on dedicated container rakes
- Wagon Load: Individual wagon booking for bulk commodities including coal, cement, steel, food grains, fertilisers, and minerals
- Full Rake: Dedicated rake booking for high-volume customers requiring exclusive train capacity
- Auto Rakes: Specialised automobile rakes for vehicle transport from manufacturing plants to distribution hubs
- Parcel Express: Indian Railways parcel service coordination for time-sensitive smaller consignments
- Private Freight Terminal (PFT) Operations: Loading and unloading at private freight terminals and inland container depots (ICDs)
Multimodal Integration
The real value of multimodal logistics is in seamless integration. Safe & Secure manages the complete multimodal chain:
- Road + Rail: First-mile road pickup → rail trunk haul → last-mile road delivery, combining the reach of road with the cost advantage of rail
- Road + Sea: Factory pickup → port delivery → ocean freight, or port pickup → factory delivery for EXIM cargo
- Road + Rail + Sea: Complete multimodal for inland manufacturers accessing international markets via rail to port followed by sea freight
- Rail + Warehouse: Rail delivery to warehouse hub for break-bulk and onward distribution
Our multimodal control tower manages all legs as a single shipment, providing unified tracking, single-window documentation, and one-invoice billing regardless of how many modes are involved.
Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Advantage
India’s Dedicated Freight Corridors — the Eastern DFC (1,337 km, Ludhiana to Dankuni) and Western DFC (1,504 km, JNPT to Dadri) — are transforming rail freight economics. Safe & Secure is positioned to help customers leverage DFC benefits:
- Double-stack container trains on the Western DFC reducing per-container transport cost significantly
- Higher axle loads (25 tonnes vs 20.3 tonnes) enabling more cargo per wagon
- Faster transit — designed speed of 100 km/h for freight trains vs 25-30 km/h on existing network
- Feeder route connectivity from our pan-India road network to DFC terminals
- First-mile and last-mile road transport connecting DFC loading points to customer factories and warehouses
Industries Benefiting from Rail & Multimodal
- FMCG: Long-distance distribution from production hubs to consumption centres via rail for cost reduction
- Automotive: Vehicle transport on auto rakes and component movement on container rakes
- Steel & Cement: Bulk commodity transport via wagon load and full rakes
- Coal & Mining: Mine-to-plant and mine-to-port rail logistics
- Food Grains & Agri: FCI and private grain movement via dedicated rakes
- Chemicals & Fertilisers: Bulk and containerised rail transport with safety compliance
- E-commerce: Parcel and container rail for long-distance e-commerce fulfilment
- EXIM: Rail-to-port connectivity for export cargo and port-to-inland for import cargo
Key Rail Corridors We Operate
- Mumbai — Delhi: Western DFC corridor for FMCG, automotive, and general cargo
- Delhi — Kolkata: Eastern DFC corridor for steel, coal, and consumer goods
- Chennai — Bengaluru — Mumbai: Container and auto rake corridor
- Mundra/JNPT — Delhi/NCR: EXIM container corridor on Western DFC
- Ahmedabad — Kolkata: Chemical and industrial cargo corridor
- Vizag/Chennai — Central India: Steel and mineral corridor
Technology for Multimodal
- Unified tracking across road, rail, and sea legs on a single platform
- Multimodal ETA prediction combining rail running data with road transit models
- Automated mode selection recommending optimal road-rail-sea combination based on cost, transit, and cargo type
- Single documentation and invoicing across all modes
- Exception management across mode transitions (loading at rail terminal, customs at port, etc.)
Cost Advantage of Multimodal
For distances above 500 km, rail offers 20-40% cost savings over road for bulk and containerised cargo. When combined with Safe & Secure’s efficient first-mile and last-mile road operations, the total cost of multimodal transport is significantly lower than road-only, especially for large-volume, long-distance lanes. Our logistics consultants can model the cost comparison for your specific lanes and help you identify where multimodal creates the maximum savings.
Contact for Railway & Multimodal Solutions
Phone: +91 7506245557 | +91 7710821155
Email: corporatesales@sslpl.in
Website: www.safeandsecure.in
