December 02, 2008

South Eastern Railway 2007-08 freight earnings up by 12% YoY

In 2007-08, South Eastern Railway has loaded originating freight traffic of 111 million tonnes up by 12% YoY as compared with 99 million tonnes in 2006-07.

The share of iron ore was the largest with 67.3 million tonnes in 2007-08 up by 16% YoY as against 56.3 million tonnes in 2006-07. The earnings from the freight is recorded at INR 5,443 crore up by 12% YoY as against INR 4,877 crore.

South Eastern Railway handled 185.7 million passengers up by 3.8% YoY as against 178.9 million and 345,000 tonnes of parcel up by 21% YoY as against 285,000 tonnes. The earnings from passenger services amounted to INR 721 crore up by 12% YoY as against INR 644 crore and earnings from parcel was INR 63 crore up by 19% YoY as against INR 53 crore.