August 30, 2008
Indian Railways freight revenue in 11 months up by 13.4% YoY
Indian Railways has generated INR 42696.22 crore of revenue earnings from freight traffic during April 2007 to February 2008 period up by 13.41% YoY as compared to INR 37648.87 crore during April 2006 to February 2007 period.
Indian Railways carried 714.25 million tonnes of freight traffic during April 2007 to February 2008 period up by 8.99% YoY as compared to 655.35 million tonnes carried during April 2006 to February 2007 period. The net tonne kilometers went up by 7.52% YoY to 461368 million from 429093 million.
Details of total earnings during January 2008 are
| Item | Volume | Share | Earnings | Share |
| Coal | 29.31 | 41.55% | 1610.94 | 36.58% |
| Iron ore | 11.96 | 16.95% | 748.34 | 16.99% |
| Finished steel | 2.29 | 3.25% | 238.64 | 5.42% |
| Container service | 2.31 | 3.27% | 172.19 | 3.91% |
| Cement | 7.09 | 10.05% | 358.19 | 8.13% |
| Fertilizers | 2.71 | 3.84% | 179.35 | 4.07% |
| Food grains | 3.84 | 5.44% | 365.56 | 8.30% |
| Petroleum & lubricant | 3.16 | 4.48% | 266.43 | 6.05% |
| Steel raw material | 1.01 | 1.43% | 69.52 | 1.58% |
| Other goods | 6.86 | 9.72% | 395.06 | 8.97% |
| Total | 70.54 | 4404.22 |
Volume in million tonnes
Earnings in INR crore
