South Eastern Railway loaded 86.78 million tonne of revenue earning freight

KOLKATA: South Eastern Railway (SER) loaded 86.78 million tonne (mt) of revenue earning freight as against 81.49 mt during the corresponding period last year, registering a growth of 6.49 % between April-November 2015.

In November 2015 alone, SER loaded 10.34 mt of freight as against 9.53 mt loaded in November 2014 thus registering a growth of 8.5%. In the iron ore sector, loading increased by 25% against the previous corresponding month.

The major components of the improved loading between April-November 2015 were 48.03 mt of iron ore, 16.77 mt of coal, 9.37 mt of pig iron and finished steel, 5.49 mt of cement, 2.91 mt of merchandised goods, 1.42 mt of petroleum products (POL) etc. This led to 8.46% higher freight earnings for SER during April-November to Rs 6663.34 crore compared to same period last year.