Central Railway registers Rs. 78.86 crore in Non-Fare Revenue and Rs. 232.50 crore in Parcel Revenue till February in the Financial Year 2022-23

March 17, 2023 Rail News

Central Railway retains the highest revenue figures among all zones for April 2022 to February 2023, registering Rs. 78.86 crore in Non-Fare Revenue and Rs. 232.50 crore in Parcel Revenue.

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  • Central Railway’s performance in Financial Year 2022-23 (April to February) has been impressive with a record revenue of Rs. 78.86 crore in Non-Fare Revenue as compared to Rs. 27.10 crore during the corresponding period last year, which is the highest among all zonal railways, showing an enormous increase of 191%.

Important Contracts & Tenders awarded in February-2023:

  • 18 tenders were awarded through e-auction with annual licence fee of Rs.491.06 lakh
  • 5 Contracts for external vinyl wrapping o­n EMUs with earnings of 243.30 lakh per annum for a period of 3 years awarded by Mumbai division.
  • 2 Out of Home contracts with earnings of Rs.5.88 lakh per annum for a period of 5 years e-auctioned by Mumbai division and 1 Out of Home contract each awarded of Latur with earnings of Rs.6.75 lakh Per annum and of Pune division with earnings of Rs.51.80 lakh for a period of 5 years.
  • 4 Rail Display Network contracts with earnings of Rs.125.44 lakh per annum awarded by Mumbai division.
  • Truck/Tempo parking cum staking contract at CSMT with earnings of Rs.43.5 lakh per annum for a period of 5 years.

Parcel Revenue:

  • Central Railway also registered significant revenue of ₹232.50 crore (including Rs.17.96 crore in the month of February alone), through transportation of approx. 4.56 lakh tonnes of Parcel & Luggage in FY 2022-23 (April to February).
  • During the same period in the FY 2022-23, 201 trips of time-tabled parcel trains generated a revenue of ₹24.81 crore including Rs.14.97 crore through 99 trips of CSMT-Shalimar Parcel train, Rs.6.25 crore through 30 Indent Parcel Trains from Bhiwandi – Jalgaon to Azra and RS.3.59 crore through Lease Parcel Trains from Godhani to Tinsukia Junction in 22 trips.
  • Presently 101 SLRs and 14 VPs are o­n lease (out of which 50 SLRs and 2VPs have been leased through E-auction)  as against 74 SLRs and 5 VPs leased during the corresponding period last year.

Source: Central Railway- Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR