Improvement in freight cargo transportation is an on-going process on Indian Railways. Speeds of cargo trains are subject to network capacity. The progressive commissioning of Dedicated Freight Corridor has significantly helped in reducing transit time of cargo on these routes.
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The details of total originating freight traffic by Indian Railways during the last three years in Million Tonnes (MT) are as under:
Year | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
Total loading | 1233.22 | 1418.27 | 1512.07 |
Revenue from Passenger and Freight for last three years are given below:
Year | (₹ in Crore) | |||
Passenger | Freight | |||
Revenue | Increase over Past Year | Revenue | Increase over Past Year | |
2020-21 | 15248 | -35421 | 117232 | 3744 |
2021-22 | 39214 | 23966 | 141096 | 23865 |
2022-23 Prov. | 63417 | 24203 | 162263 | 21167 |
Railways revenue was adversely impacted due to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the years 2020-21 and 2021-22:
Year | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
Operating Ratio | 97.3% | 98.36% | 97.45% | 107.39% | 98.10% |
- Railway operations were adversely impacted during the Covid-19 Pandemic. After normalisation there has been a healthy improvement of Operating Ratio to 98.10% in the year 2022-23.
- This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
Source: PIB- Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR
