The provision of 120 days advance booking of parcel space has been enabled in Parcel Management System of Indian Railways. The Ministry of Railways has said its parcel services are geared up  to provide logistic solutions for small consignments, over a vast network of stations. Small businesses and traders have been using these services for transportation of their merchandise, from bigger cities and production centres to the place of their business in a fast, reliable and affordable manner.<br />'' <br />'' The Ministry said, common public also uses these services for transportation of house-hold goods, furniture and two-wheelers. In the enhanced features, barcoding will be done on each consignment for tracking of parcel Status updation of packages through GPRS network. The Railways will send SMS to customers both sender and receiver at each stage from parcel booking, loading, unloading to delivery on registered mobile given at the time of booking.<br />