ECoR starts transport of soft drinks

Khurda Road Division of East Coast Railway (ECoR) has started transporting soft drinks from Khurda Road Station. This is a new traffic for Railways. The first train was despatched on March 17, 2018 from Khurda Road Station to Fatuha Station in Patna City of Bihar. With the success of the first parcel express, the party has now placed indent for the second Parcel Express, this time to Purnea, again in Bihar. The soft drinks are sourced from a local bottling plant of a branded soft drinks manufacturer. Railways had provided a parcel train with 20 parcel vans for carrying soft drinks from Khurda Road to Fatuha.