NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday announced that it transported a record 5.18 lakh vehicles via Indian Railways in FY 2024-25, its highest ever in a single year.The company’s cumulative railway dispatches since FY 2014-15 have reached 24 lakh vehicles, according to their official statement.The automobile manufacturer currently services more than 600 cities across India through its 20-plus railway hubs. The company also utilises railways to transport vehicles to export ports at Mundra and Pipavav, it said.“Reducing carbon emissions is a top priority for us, both in our products and in our operations,” Maruti Suzuki India MD & CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said, according to PTI.Maruti Suzuki was the first Indian company to get a license to operate automobile freight trains in 2013, he noted. “Since then, we have dispatched nearly 24 lakh vehicles through rail mode. By FY 2030-31, we plan to increase the share of vehicle dispatches through railways to 35 per cent,” he added.The company currently operates more than 40 flexi deck rakes, with each rake capable of transporting approximately 300 vehicles per journey.This railway transport initiative has resulted in avoiding over 1.8 lakh tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) emissions and conserving more than 630 lakh (63 million) litres of fuel.