Continuous growth in freight loading and earnings of SER

Kolkata: South Eastern Railway (#SER) has loaded total 136.26 Million Tonnes of originating #Freight in the first eight months (April-November) of the current financial year 2023-24 registering a #growth of 3.09% 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 12266.53 crore as against Rs. 11723.63 crore in same period of the previous year. Therefore, the earnings performance of #SER has enhanced by 4.63%.

SER has also registered a growth in Iron ore loading in the first eight months i.e. April to November of the current financial year 2023-24. During this period, SER has loaded 69.64 Million Tonnes of iron ore, which is 5.28% more than the corresponding period of previous fiscal.

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