Amazon India to use more rail routes for faster deliveries amid lockdown

New Delhi: Amazon India on Monday said it will use 55 railway routes to transport goods between cities as the e-commerce major works on ways to ensure faster deliveries to customers amid the nationwide lockdown.

Strengthening its partnership with the Indian Railways, the company would now be utilising 55 railway lanes.

Last year, Amazon India had partnered with Indian Railways for inter-city transportation of e-commerce packages on 13 lanes. It had also set up pickup kiosks for customers in Kolkata and Mumbai.

Lanes are rail routes between two cities or towns.

Amazon India will transport consignments via rail across the country and is leveraging the ‘COVID-19 Parcel Special Trains’ introduced by the Indian Railways to ramp up its operations to 55 lanes during the lockdown period, according to a statement.