November 21, 2008
Indian Railway freight revenue in 2 months up by 22.2% YoY
Indian Railways have generated INR 8996.29 crore of revenue earnings from freight traffic during April to May 2008 period up by 22.2% YoY as compared to INR 7356.79 crore during April to May 2007 period. Indian Railways carried 137.73 million tonnes of freight traffic during April to May 2008 period up by 10.2% YoY as compared to 124.98 million tonnes carried during April to May 2007 period. The net tonne kilometers went up from 80993 million to 89335 million, showing an increase of 10.3% YoY.
Out of the total earnings during the month of May 2008, Indian Railways carried 69.95 million tonnes of freight traffic and earned INR 4599.63 crore revenue.
Details of freight traffic and revenue earnings in May 2008
| Item | Volume | Share | Earnings | Share |
| Coal | 29.5% | 42.1 | 1617.6 | 35.1% |
| Iron ore | 12.5% | 17.9 | 975.54 | 21.2% |
| Cement | 7.1% | 10.1 | 375.24 | 8.2% |
| Food grains | 3.6% | 5.2 | 337.98 | 7.3% |
| Petroleum | 3.2% | 4.6 | 273.81 | 6.0% |
| Pig iron | 2.2% | 3.1 | 232.3 | 5.1% |
| Fertilizers | 2.8% | 4.0 | 167.9 | 3.7% |
| Steel raw material | 0.9% | 1.3 | 70.65 | 1.5% |
| Container | 2.3% | 3.3 | 180.03 | 3.9% |
| Other | 5.8% | 8.3 | 368.58 | 8.0% |
| Total | 69.95 | 4599.63 | ||
Earnings in INR crore
