IR registers 8.47 per cent increase in freight loading in October 2023

Indian Railways (IR) transported 887.25 mt of freight in the April-October period of 2023-24. This is 31.61 mt higher than the freight loading in the corresponding period in 2022-23. The national transporter earned freight revenue to the tune of Rs 959.29 billion in the April-October period of 2023-24, 3.88 per cent higher than the corresponding period in 2022-23 (Rs 923.45 billion). The monthly freight loading stood at 129.03 mt in Oc­to­ber 2023, 8.47 per cent higher than the freight loading in October 2022 (118.95 mt). The freight revenue in October 2023 stood at Rs 142.31 billion, 6.57 per cent higher than the freight revenue in the October 2022.