Maruti Suzuki's Second In-Plant Railway Siding Inaugurated In Manesar

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) today inaugurated its second in-plant railway siding at its Manesar facility in Haryana. It is claimed to be one of India’s largest multi-modal cargo terminals. The project was flagged off in the presence of Nayab Singh Saini, Chief Minister of Haryana, and Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon’ble Union Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics & Information Technology. A total of 276 cars were dispatched today to Nagpur via the newly inaugurated railway siding.

The project has been developed as part of the 126 km Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) running from Sonipat to Palwal. Spread over 46 acres within the Maruti Manesar facility, the railway siding features a fully electrified corridor with four full-length tracks for rakes and one track for engine escape, totalling an 8.2 km track length. Models manufactured at Maruti’s Gurugram and Manesar facilities will be dispatched to 17 hubs from this railway siding, serving 380 cities across India. Port locations of Mundra and Pipavav, key to the company's exports, will also be served. At full capacity, the railway siding will have a dispatch capacity of 4.5 lakh vehicles.

Hisashi Takeuchi, MD & CEO of Maruti Suzuki India Limited, said, “Lowering carbon emissions remains a top priority at Maruti Suzuki. We aim to achieve this by increasing the share of vehicle dispatches through railways to 35% by FY30- 31.”

The project is being executed by a joint venture company called Haryana Orbital Rail Corporation Limited (HORCL), a collaboration between Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC - 55.4% share), Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC - 19% share), Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA - 5% share), All Cargo Logistics (7.6% share), and MSIL (13% share). The entire 126 km stretch is expected to be completed over the next 5-6 years, at an estimated cost of ₹11,709 crore. Till now, Maruti’s total investment in the HORC stands at ₹452 crore. 

The first phase of the HORC comprises a 5.7 km track connecting Patli and a junction on the existing rail line to Manesar station. An additional 1.2 km track has been constructed, connecting Manesar station to MSIL’s Manesar facility boundary as part of the project.