Railways earn Rs.140485.02 crore in revenue in fiscal 2013-14

Indian Railways earned approximately Rs. 140485.02 crores in fiscal 2013-14, as compared to Rs. 121831.65 crores in fiscal 2012-13.

Total goods earnings were Rs. 94925.02 crores in fiscal 2013-14, as compared to Rs. 82852.54 crores in fiscal 2012-13.

Total passenger revenue earnings for 2013-14 were Rs. 37478.03 crores, as compared to Rs. 31896.22 crores in 2012-13.

Approximate revenue earnings from other coaching amounted to Rs. 3818.04 crores during fiscal 2013-14, as compared to Rs. 3137.92 crores in 2012-13.

Total approximate numbers of passengers booked during fiscal 2013-14 were 8535.00 million compared to 8602.12 million during the same period last year.

In the suburban and non-suburban sectors, the numbers of passengers booked during fiscal 2013-14 were 4549.85 million and 3985.15 million compared to 4473.38 million and 4128.74 million during the same period last year.

The railways also carried 1053.54 million tonnes of revenue earning freight traffic during the fiscal 2013-14.

The freight carried showed an increase of 43.68 million tonnes over the freight traffic of 1009.86 million tonnes actually carried during the corresponding period last year.

During the month of March 2014, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 100.49 million tonnes. This was an increase of 2.15 million tonnes over the actual freight traffic of 98.34 million tonnes carried by the Indian Railways during the same period last year.