Central Railway has taken many initiatives to boost the freight and parcel loading there by providing seamless and affordable connectivity to industry. It opened new goods sheds at Barbatpur, Bale, Raver, Bhiwandi Road and Kasbe-Sukene and converted ICDs as goods sheds at Ajni, Chinchwad, Miraj and Bhusaval. Besides, CR has also opened parcel stations for loading at Sangola, Modnimb, Pandharpur, Belvandi, Kopergaon, Bhiwandi Road.
The marketing by meetings in person wherever possible and webinars have resulted in first ever loading of onions to Bangladesh; first time new traffic of fertilizer to Kanhal; first time new traffic of automobile to Bangladesh and from Ajni to Phulera; first time loading of cotton seed husk to Rajpura; RoRo service from Bale to Nelmangala; Sugar from Baramati to Tripura. Bhiwandi is famous for power looms and textile byproducts. Bhiwandi goods shed which is newly developed is slated for sending textile products in the first instance.