Freight earnings up by over 12 per cent

NEW DELHI: Railways earned Rs 1,05,312.09 crore from freight traffic during the financial year 2014-15 as compared to Rs 93,471.59 cr during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 12.67 per cent.

Railways carried 1097.57 million tonnes (MT) of freight during April 2014-March 2015 as compared to 1053.56 MT carried during the corresponding period last fiscal, registering an increase of 4.18 per cent, according to Railway Ministry data.

During the fiscal 2014-15, Railways generated Rs 48,372.81 cr from transportation of 545.63 MT of coal, followed by Rs. 9181.64 cr from 110.17 MT of cement, Rs 7913.73 cr from 112.78 MT of iron ore for exports, steel plants and for other domestic user.

The national transporter earned Rs 8550.37 cr from 54.99 MT of food grains, Rs 5705.75 cr from 42.73 MT of petroleum oil and lubricant, Rs 6404.99 cr from 39.97 MT of Pig iron and finished steel from steel plants and Rs 5431.12 cr from 47.45 MT of fertilizers.

It earned Rs 1951.38 cr from 19.19 MT of raw material for steel plants except iron ore, Rs 4868.92 cr from 48.83 MT by container service and Rs 6931.38 cr from 75.83 MT of other goods.