Railways' slow run in freight traffic continues, grows 3% in Dec

It earned Rs 1.2 trillion till Dec from freight, marking a growth of 16 per cent YoY

Freight carried by the Railways grew 3 per cent in December, marking a full quarter of modest performance in a financial year that earlier saw the national transporter set records in loading.

“During the month of December 2022, originating freight loading of 130.66 million tonnes (mt) has been achieved against loading of 126.8 mt in December 2021, which is an improvement of 3 per cent over last year. Freight revenue of Rs 14,573 crore has been achieved against Rs 12914 crore freight earnings in December 2021, thereby an improvement of 13 per cent over last year,” said the railways ministry.