Indian Railways
Indian Railways is on its track to record the best ever performance in its recorded history in terms of the output from the Freight Business, Total revenue, track laying in the financial year 2023-24.
Indian Railways crossed the mark of 1500 Million Tonnes in Freight Loading today.
Total Revenue of Indian Railways so far is Rs 2.40 Lakh Crores
Indian Railways achieve Track laying of 5100 Kms during current FY.
As per the preliminary data, IR has crossed an originating Freight loading of 1500 MT today on 15th March 2024. Previously, IR had achieved the best ever Freight loading of 1512 MT during FY 2022-23.
During this FY 2023-24, Total revenue of Railways stands at Rs 2.40 Lakh Crores as on date. Last year on 15th March, total Revenue was Rs 2.23 Lakh Crores, an increment of 17000 Crores. Total Expenditure of Railways stands at Rs 2.26 Lakh Crores in this FY 2023-24.
Total passengers travelled during FY 2023-24 stands at 648 Crores, an increment of 52 Crores when compared to the figures of the same period of last year. Last year, total number of passengers travelled was 596 Crores.
In this Financial Year as on date, Railways has laid 5100 Kms of new tracks. In this FY, average daily track comes out to be more than 14 Kms per day.
Source: https://pib.gov.in/