Central Railway’s freight loading of 81.88 million tonnes for the Financial Year 2022-23 against a loading of 76.16 million tonnes over Financial Year 2021-22 with an increase of 7.5%, is the best ever loading of Central Railway.
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- Central Railway not only achieved its loading target for FY 2022-23, but also surpassed it by 2.4%. It has recorded an incremental loading of 5.72 million tonnes over FY 2021-22.
- Central Railway registered originating revenue of 8438.83 crore during FY 2022-23, which is an increase of 15.1% over FY 2021-22. It has achieved an incremental growth of 1108.6 crore over last financial year.
- During FY 2022-23, loading of NTKM (which is payload of one tonne carried over one km) increased by 13.9 % and loading of lead increased by 6% In comparison to last financial year.
- 1020 rakes of automobiles were loaded in FY 2022-23 as compared to 524 rakes in FY 2021-22 registering record growth of 94.7%.
- Loading of iron ore has contributed to an increase of 1.69 million tonnes in Central Railway’s overall loading figures for FY 2022-23.
- Incremental growth in loading in FY 2022-23 over FY 2021-22 has increased by 54.1% in Iron & Steel, by 32.5% in onion, by 21.1% in Petroleum products, by 16.4% in Container, by 5.7% in Foodgrains, by 5% in Fertilizer and by 4% in Cement.
- Central Railway has also registered the Best Ever monthly loading figures of 8.70 million tonnes for the month of March-2023 as compared to 7.62 million tonnes in March-2022.
Source: Central Railway- Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR
