Central Railway’s freight loading of 7.42 million tonnes for the month of April-2023, against loading of 7.14 million tonnes for the month of April-2022, with an increase of 3.91%, is the best ever loading in any month of April.
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- Central Railway earned originating freight revenue of Rs.771.50 crore in April-2023 as compared to Rs.715.10 crore in April-2022, which is an increase of 7.9%.
- Central Railway has improved performance in all commodities which has enabled it to achieve the incremental loading over the corresponding month last year.
- Central Railway has registered loading of 243 rakes of Cement and Clinker in April-2023 as against 178 rakes in April -2022.
- Also 95 rakes of Automobiles have been loaded in April -2023 as against 66 rakes in April -2022.
- Container loading in April-2023 improved by 9.9% over last year. 722 rakes were loaded in April-2023 as against 657 rakes in April-2022.
- 201 rakes of Petroleum products were loaded in April-2023 as against 182 rakes in April-2022.
- 90 rakes of Fertilizer have been loaded in April-2023 as against 57 rakes in April-2022.
- Loading of Iron & Steel has increased to 159 rakes in April-2023 as against 93 rakes in April-2022.
- Loading of iron ore has also increased to 73 rakes in April-2023 as against 44 rakes in April-2022.
- NTKM, which is payload of one tonne carried over one km increased by 3.21% in the month of April-2023 as compared to April-2022.
Source: Central Railway- Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR
