Consistent growth in SER’s freight loading and earnings performance

The earnings from freight loading has enhanced by 11.71% for SER

Kolkata: South Eastern Railway has loaded total 183.56 Million Tonnes of originating freight in the first eleven months (April-February) of the current financial year 2022-23 registering a growth of 4.02% in comparison to the corresponding period of previous financial year.

During this period, the revenue generation from originating freight loading has also increased to Rs 16,474.26 crore as against Rs. 14,747.35 crore in same period of the previous year. Therefore, the earnings from freight loading has enhanced by 11.71% for SER.

SER has also registered a remarkable growth in earnings from loading of Coal, Cement and Fertilizer in the first eleven months i.e. April to February of the current financial year (2022-23).

During this period, SER has earned Rs 4,914.71 crores from Coal loading, which is 48.66% more than the corresponding period of previous fiscal.

Earnings from loading of Cement and Fertilizer have also registered a growth of 33.59% and 18.53% respectively during this period.

The main commodities of Freight loading during this period were Iron Ore, Coal, Pig Iron & Finished Steel, Cement, Fertilizers, Petroleum Products etc.