North East Frontier records 7% growth in originating passenger volume over last year’s achievement

Guwahati: North East Frontier (NFR) has recorded 7 percent growth in originating passenger volume over last year’s achievement.

According to NFR, this growth is highest amongst all zones under Indian Railways. Similarly originating passenger earnings in Northeast Frontier Railways upto August, 2018 has increased by 12.15% over last year, whereas the growth in Indian railways during this period is 3.77%.

NFR added, “As a result of the impetus on connectivity proliferation in Northeast by Railway Ministry, as many as 59 pairs of new trains have been introduced in the zone during the period from 2014 to 2018. The increase in passenger volume is a direct result of the introduction of new services in the region and the betterment of the existing services.”