Earning a revenue of Rs 717.84 crore, Eastern Railway (ER) in last September loaded 5,270 million tonne of freight up by 16.67 per cent over 4.517 mt loaded in the same month last year. This was the best-ever September loading performance.
The share of coal was the largest at 3.488 mt (3.079 mt), registering a growth of 13.28 per cent, largely due to better offerings of coal from both public and private sector coal companies. The other commodities accounted for 1.78 mt (1.44mt), or a growth of 23.9 per cent.
Cumulatively, ER’s first-half (April- September ) loading posted 5.81 per cent growth at 9.852 mt (9.311 mt).The revenue earned during the period amounted to Rs 717.84 crore (Rs 687.5 crore), posting a growth of 4.41 er cent.