When Maruti Suzuki quietly obtained India's first Automobile Freight Train Operator (AFTO) licence in 2013, it was a modest experiment — a single bet that railways could do more than move passengers across a vast country. Thirteen years later, that bet has compounded into something remarkable: over three million vehicles dispatched by rail, a number that reshapes how we think about automotive supply chains in the world's most populous nation. This isn't just a win for the log