Jharkhand News: Growth in SE Railway’s freight loading and earnings
PINAKI MAJUMDAR Jamshedpur, Oct 4: South Eastern Railway has loaded 104.62 million tonnes of originating freight in the April-September of the…
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Jamshedpur, Oct 4: South Eastern Railway has loaded 104.62 million tonnes of originating freight in the April-September of the current financial year 2024-25, which is 2.84 % higher than the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
Officials said there has also been an increase of 6.93 % in originating freight revenue in April-September, 2024 in comparison to the same period of last financial year.
During April-September 2024, the revenue generation from originating freight loading has been Rs 9572.01 crore as against Rs. 8955.44 crore during the same period of the previous year.
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SER has loaded 27.16 million tonnes of coal during April-September, 2024 which is 8.08% more than the corresponding month of last fiscal.
The railway zone has also loaded 53.10 million tonnes of iron ore during this period, which is 2.45 % more than the corresponding months of the last fiscal.
Other major commodities of freight loading were pig iron and finished steel, cement, food grains, fertilizers etc.
