Continuous growth in SER’s freight loading
Kolkata: South Eastern Railway (#SER) has loaded 138.84 Million Tonnes of originating freight in the first 8 months (i.e. April-November, 2024) of the current financial year, 2024-25, which is 1.89% higher than the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
There has also been an increase of 3.03% in originating freight revenue in April-November, 2024-25 in comparison to the same period of last financial year.
During April-November 2024, the revenue generation from originating freight loading has been ₹12630.51 crore as against ₹12266.53 crore during the same period of the previous year.
SER has loaded 36.46 Million Tonnes of Coal during the above period, which is 6.61% more than the corresponding months of last fiscal. Other major commodities of freight loading were Iron Ore, Pig Iron & Finished Steel, Cement, Food grains, Fertilizers etc.
Photo Caption: Freight train in SER jurisdiction.