During the month of January 2024, railways witnessed 6.43% surge in freight loading with the originating freight loading of 142.70 MT achieved against loading of 134.07 MT in the same month last year.
On cumulative basis from April 2023 to January 2024, freight loading of 1297.38 MT was achieved against last year’s loading of 1243.46 MT, an improvement of approximate 53.92 MT over last year’s loading for the same period, Ministry of Railways said in a statement.
Railways has earned Rs 140623.4 Crore against Rs 135388.1 Crore over the last year which is an improvement of approx Rs 5235.30 Crore, as compared to the same period of the last year, it added.
In January, the Indian Railways achieved loading of 71.45 MT in Coal, 17.01 MT in Iron Ore, 6.07 MT in Pig Iron and Finished Steel, 7.89 MT in Cement, 5.52 MT in Clinker, 4.53 MT in Foodgrains, 5.27 MT in Fertilizers, 4.31 MT in Mineral Oil, 6.98MT in Containers and 10.20MT in Balance Other Goods.
During December 2023, freight revenue of Rs 15097.61 Crore was achieved against Rs 14574.25 Crore freight earnings in December 2022, thereby showing an improvement of about 3.59% over the last year.
Following the Mantra, Hungry For Cargo, Indian Railways has made sustained efforts to improve the ease of doing business as well as improve the service delivery at competitive prices, the ministry said.
The customer centric approach and work of Business Development Units backed up by agile policy making helped Railways towards this significant achievement, it added.