12th November, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


RAILWAYS REVENUE FREIGHT EXCEEDS TARGET DURING APRIL-OCTOBER 2003


Indian Railways transported 311.29 Million Tonnes (MTs) of revenue earning freight during the first seven months of the current financial year ending October 2003, exceeding the target of 303.84 MTs by 7.45 MTs. This was higher by 20.41 MTs over the corresponding period of the previous year when 290.88 MTs of revenue freight was carried.

The target of revenue earning freight for the current financial year 2003-2004 is 540 MTs.

During October, 2003, the Railways carried 44.86 MTs of revenue freight, exceeding the target of 44.65 MTs by 0.21 MTs. This was higher by 1.85 MTs as compared to 43.01 MTs during the corresponding month of the previous year.