Gateway Rail commissions new Faridabad Inland Container Depot

Gateway Rail commissions new 

Faridabad Inland Container Depot (ICD)

Mumbai, August 04, 2014: GatewayRail Freight Ltd, a leading Private Container Train Operator of India and a subsidiary of Gateway Distriparks Ltd. (GDL) has commissioned rail operations at its third Rail Linked Logistic Park at Faridabad in Haryana. After receiving all the regulatory approvals, GatewayRail has operated the first Freight Train Service to the newly commissioned rail terminal.

The new International cargo terminal at Faridabad will cater to the needs of EXIM and Domestic clientele based in Delhi, Haryana, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. The EXIM trade based in Delhi cluster (Tughlakabad – Faridabad – Ballabhgarh – Palwal), Mathura, Agra, Sahibabad, Gaziabad, NOIDA, Greater Noida, Baddi, Haridwar has been eagerly waiting for inauguration of train service from Faridabad Terminal.

Mr. Prem Kishan Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of Gateway Rail freight Ltd said, “This is the third offering of GatewayRail to the manufacturing and trading community of North India. We will provide storage, customs clearance and rail transportation services for international cargo between NCR and the west coast maritime ports of JN Port, Mundra and Pipavav. In line with our principle of providing wholesome service to the trade, we will offer road transportation for door pick-up and delivery of cargo. We will also offer special consolidation services to the 3PL Freight Forwarders who provide consolidation service to the exporters and importers of North India. We have built a separate warehouse for consolidation (CONSOL) business and will also provide value added services like Garment on Hangers (GOH) and refrigerated cargo transportation (Reefer) services.”

He further added, “We sincerely thank the manufacturing and trading community, Shipping Lines, 3PL Freight Forwarders and Customs House Agents (CHA) of North India and look forward to have their continued support to the company in its endeavour to provide world class logistics service for containerised cargo. We also thank the Indian Railways and Indian Customs for their valuable support.”

Gateway Rail provides storage, warehousing and customs clearance service for containerised international and domestic cargo through its Inland Container Depots (ICD) based at Garhi Harsaru (Gurgaon, Haryana), Sanehwal (Ludhiana, Punjab) and Faridabad (Haryana). It also operates a Private Freight Terminal at Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai. It offers rail and road transportation solutions with own fleet of 21 trains and over 250 Tractor Trailers. 

About Gateway Rail Freight Limited

Gateway Rail Freight Ltd has emerged as a leading rail logistics service provider in containerised cargo segment. It is one of the 11 Private Container Train Operators of India who have been given permission to operate container trains over the entire Indian Railways network. It has plans to build terminals in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Bengaluru, Jaipur and Jodhpur to provide pan-India service.

About Gateway Distriparks Limited

Gateway Distriparks Ltd – the parent company, provides container logistics services though its port-side Container Freight Stations (CFS) at Nhava Sheva, Chennai, Vishakhapatnam and Kochi. Snowman Logistics Ltd – the cold chain subsidiary of GDL, provides storage and distribution services for temperature controlled cargo across India.