Central Railway’s impressive performance in Non-Fare Revenue and Parcel Revenue in April-October 2022. Registers ₹39.45 crore in Non-Fare Revenue and ₹150.87 crore in Parcel Revenue.
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Non-Fare Revenue:
- Central Railway’s performance in FY 2022-23 (April to October) has been impressive with a record revenue of ₹39.45 crore in Non-Fare Revenue as compared to ₹12.16 crore during the corresponding period last year, showing an enormous increase of 224%.
Major Contracts awarded in October 2022:
- Contracts consisting of 2 trains (12126/25 & 10039/40- 5 rakes) by Pune Division for external vinyl wrapping with earnings of ₹25.07 lakh per annum for 3 years.
- Contract consisting of one train (12125/26) by Pune Division for internal advertisement with earnings of ₹2.02 lakh per annum for 3 years.
- Contract consisting of internal advertisement on train No 12120 Ajni-Amravati express by Nagpur Division with earnings of ₹3.94 lakh per annum for 3 years.
- 10 Rail Display Network (RDN) contracts through e-auction with earnings of ₹83.78 lakh per annum.
Non-Fare Revenue Contracts in final stage:
- 3 Personal Care Centres (PCC) at Dadar, Thane and Kalyan for 5 years with combined annual earnings of ₹17.73 lakh.
- POD hotel at Nasik Road for 5 years with annual earnings of ₹6.57 lakh.
- Setting up a medicine outlet at Pune station for 5 years with annual earnings of ₹6.93 lakh etc.
Parcel Revenue:
- Central Railway also registered significant revenue of ₹150.87 crore through transportation of 3.01 lakh tonnes of Parcel & Luggage in FY 2022-23 (April to October) out of which ₹21.72 crore was registered in the month of October 2022.
- In the FY 2022-23 (till October), 150 trips of time-tabled parcel trains generated a revenue of ₹10.75 crore and 20 Indent Parcel Cargo Express Trains generated a revenue of ₹4.10 crore.
- Presently 93 General Second Class cum Luggage Vans (SLR coaches) and 15 Parcel Vans (VP) are on lease, out of which 26 SLRs and one VP have been leased out through e-auction recently.
Source: Central Railway- Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR