Commodity freight revenue of Railways up 12.23% in April-December 2014

Commodity freight loading rises 5% in April-December 2014

The Indian Railways has generated Rs 75986.04 crore of revenue earnings from commodity-wise freight traffic during April-December 2014 as compared to Rs 67705.11 crore during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 12.23%.

Railways carried 808.57 million tonnes (mt) of commodity-wise freight traffic during April-December 2014 as compared to 769.74 mt carried during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 5.04%.

During the month of December 2014, Railways generated Rs 9775.45 crore as compared to Rs 8635.38 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 13.20%.

Out of which, Rs 4595.42 crore came from transportation of 48.91 mt of coal, followed by Rs 751.07 crore from 9.15 mt of iron ore for exports, steel plants and for other domestic user, Rs 778.12 crore from 9.08 mt of cement, Rs 723.46 crore from 4.37 mt of food grains, Rs 501.64 crore from 3.59 mt of petroleum oil and lubricant (POL), Rs 556.47 crore from 3.37 mt of Pig iron and finished steel from steel plants and other points, Rs 627.05 crore from 4.86 mt of fertilizers, Rs 162.86 crore from 1.56 mt of raw material for steel plants except iron ore, Rs 471.80 crore from 4.29 mt by container service and Rs 607.56 crore from 6.29 mt of other goods.

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