Central Railway registers remarkable Freight Loading of 51.73 million tonnes in this Financial year till now

Mumbai, 9th December 2024: Central Railway registerd remarkable Freight Loading of 51.73 million tonnes in this Financial year till now, with an impressive loading of 6.72 million tonnes for the month of November-2024.

Central Railway has improved performance in commodities like Foodgrains, Sugar, Containers and Petroleum products which has enabled it to achieve the incremental loading over the corresponding month last year

Central Railway has registered loading of :-
• 84 rakes of Foodgrains in November-2024 as against 36 rakes in November-2023 which is an impressive increase of 133.3%.
• 38 rakes of Sugar in November-2024 as against 31 rakes in November-2023 which is an increase of 22.6%.
• 771 rakes of Container in November-2024 as against 718 rakes in November-2023 registering a growth of 7.4%.
• 194 rakes of Petroleum products in November-2024 as against 185 rakes in November-2023 registering a growth of 4.7%.

There has been a total interchange of 346 trains per day during November 2024 as against 334 trains during the corresponding period last year registering an increase of 3.59%. Also the average speed of Freight Trains improved from 12.6 kmph to 14.6 % which is an improvement of 15%.

Central Railway has been consistently putting in great efforts to better its performance and has been striving to better its own achievements