Freight loading for October surpassed last year’s figures for corresponding period, says Railways

The railways on Monday said its freight loading for October 2021 surpassed last year’s loading and earnings for the same period. The railways’ loading in October was 117.34 million tonnes, — 7.63 per cent higher compared to last year’s loading (109.01 million tonnes) for the same period — it said.

In this period, the Indian Railways earned Rs 12,311.46 crore from freight loading, which is 18.19 per cent more than last year’s earnings (Rs 10,416.6 crore) for the same period.