Maruti Suzuki ships 5.85 lakh cars by train in 2025; 26% of total dispatches

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., on Monday, announced that the company dispatched more than 5.85 lakh vehicles through railways in 2025, 18% increase over 2024 and the company’s highest-ever annual rail dispatch.The share of rail in its total vehicle dispatches rose from 5.1% in 2016 to about 26% in 2025. Rail dispatch volumes have grown more than 7.5 times from nearly 77,000 units in 2016.

The automaker said it avoided 87,904 metric tonnes of CO2e emissions and saved more than 687 lakh litres of fuel through rail transport.


Hisashi Takeuchi, MD & CEO, said, “During the year, we strengthened our green logistic efforts through two landmark events – the inauguration of India’s largest automobile in-plant railway siding at our Manesar facility. Second, we dispatched vehicles by rail to the Kashmir valley through the world’s highest railway arch bridge over the Chenab river, a first by any automobile manufacturer.”Read more: Maruti Suzuki cars cross world’s highest rail bridge to reach Anantnag in first batch

Takeuchi added, “Our mid-term goal is to increase rail-based vehicle dispatches to 35% by FY31, contributing to India’s net-zero ambition by 2070.”

Maruti Suzuki claims to be the first automobile company to obtain an AFTO licence in 2013. Since FY2014-15, it has transported over 28 lakh vehicles by rail from 22 destinations to more than 600 cities using a hub-and-spoke model.

The company currently operates over 45 flexi deck rakes, each capable of carrying about 260 vehicles per trip. In 2025, rail dispatches from its in-plant railway sidings in Gujarat and Manesar accounted for 53% of its total rail dispatches.