Rail passenger revenue zooms 76% YoY, speeds past pre-Covid levels

Unreserved tickets garner 422% more; bookings still 72% of pre-pandemic period

The Indian Railways has recorded 76 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in its passenger revenue in the first eight months of this financial year. The national transporter garnered Rs 43,324 crore from its passenger services until November, against Rs 24,631 crore in the corresponding period last year, according to provisional data by the Ministry of Railways.
 

Proceeds from the reserved segment of the Railways grew by 50 per cent YoY to Rs 34,303 crore as against Rs 22,904 crore during the same period last fiscal year. Unreserved tickets, which had been in short supply during the two Covid years of