Kolkata,
South Eastern Railway has loaded total 132.22 Million Tonnes of originating freight in the first eight months (April-November) of the current financial year (2022-23) registering a growth of 4.60% 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 11724.28 crore as against Rs. 10466.70 crore in same period of the previous year. Therefore, the earnings performance of SER has enhanced by 12.02%.
SER has also registered a remarkable growth in Coal loading in the first eight months i.e. April to November of the current financial year (2022-23). During this period, SER has loaded 33.93 Million Tonnes of Coal, which is 27.03% 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, Cement, Petroleum Products etc.