Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Railways earnings up 13.17%

The railways have earned Rs 64,876.34 cr between April 2008 and 2009 compared to Rs 57,327 cr in the same period last fiscal, registering an increase of 13.17 per cent. The total goods earnings have gone up from Rs 38,734.12 cr during April t o January last fiscal to Rs 44,016.26 cr for the same period this fiscal, showing an increase of 13.64 per cent.

The total passenger earnings during the first ten months of the financial year 2008-09 were Rs 18,042.82 cr as compared to Rs 16,134.94 cr during the same period last fiscal, registering an increase of 11.82 per cent. The earnings from other coaching amo unted to Rs 1639.42 cr during April-January 2009 compared to Rs 1539.31 cr during the same period last fiscal, an increase of 6.50 per cent. The total sundry earnings have gone up from Rs 918.63 cr during April-January 2008 to Rs 1,177.84 cr during Apri l-January 2009, showing an increase of 28.22 per cent. 

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