South Eastern Railway has loaded 16.64 Million Tonnes of originating freight in the month of April, 2023 as against 16.18 Million Tonnes loaded in April 2022, registering a growth of 2.90%.
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- South Eastern Railway achieved record freight loading of 202.60 Million tonnes in the last financial year (i.e.2022-23) and this increasing trend has also continued in the first month of the current fiscal.
- There has also been an increase of 4.93% in originating freight revenue in April, 2023 in comparison to April, 2022.
- In April, 2023, the revenue generated from originating freight loading was Rs 1467.45 crore as against Rs.1398.53 crore in the same month of the previous year.
- South Eastern Railway has loaded 4.14 Million Tonnes of Coal in April, 2023, which is 13.74% more than the corresponding month of last fiscal.
- Other major commodities of freight loading during April, 2023 were Iron Ore (8.39 Million tonnes), Pig Iron & Finished Steel (1.48 Million tonnes), Cement (1.51 Million tonnes) etc.
Source: South Eastern Railway- Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR