The Central Railway’s (CR) freight loading of 50.93 million ton during the period from April to November 2022, the best ever loading, is an increase of 6.46% over the 47.84 million ton in the same period of FY 2021-22.
Net tonne kilometres (NTKMs) increased by 9.3% in the month of November 2022 as compared to November 2021. In terms of freight revenue, CR achieved 12.83% increase from Rs 674.16 crore in November 2021 to Rs 760.63 crore in November 2022.
82 rakes of automobiles were loaded by Central Railway in November 2022 as compared to 55 rakes in November 2021.
CR loaded 702 rakes of containers in November 2022 as compared to 675 rakes of containers in November 2021. 117 rakes of iron & steel were loaded in November 2022 as compared to 95 rakes in November 2021. 200 rakes of petroleum products were loaded in November 2022 as compared to 176 rakes loaded in November 2021. 127 rakes of fertilizer were loaded in November 2022 as compared to 104 rakes during the corresponding month last year.
Nagpur division loaded 53 rakes of iron ore from Balharshah in November 2022 as compared to none in November 2021. 38 rakes of imported coal have been loaded by Mumbai division in November 2022.
Anil Kumar Lahoti, general manager of Central Railway said that though team CR has achieved the best ever loading, we should not slacken our efforts and plan for exceeding the target.