New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India on Monday said it transported a record over 5.85 lakh vehicles through the rail network in 2025, registering an 18 per cent year-on-year growth compared with 2024.

The company said rail transportation now accounts for 26 per cent of its total outbound logistics, a sharp rise from just 5.1 per cent in 2016. The shift towards rail has helped reduce carbon emissions, curb oil imports and ease congestion on roads, it added.

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"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, and second was we dispatched vehicles by rail to Kashmir valley through the world's highest railway arch bridge over Chenab river, a first by any automobile manufacturer," Maruti Suzuki India MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said in a statement.

He further said the automaker aims to increase the share of rail-based dispatches to 35 per cent by FY 2030-31 as part of its contribution to India’s net-zero target by 2070.

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Since FY 2014-15, Maruti Suzuki has moved more than 28 lakh vehicles by rail from 22 dispatch points, serving over 600 cities across the country through a hub-and-spoke model.

At present, the company operates more than 45 flexi-deck rakes, each capable of carrying around 260 vehicles per trip.

In calendar year 2025, dispatches from the company’s in-plant railway sidings at its Gujarat and Manesar facilities accounted for 53 per cent of its total rail movements.