Indian Railway has registered a record earning of Rs 54,733 crore in the passenger segment from April 2022 to January 2023. This is an increase of 73 percent in comparison to last year. In 2022, during the same period, the Railways achieved Rs 31,634 crore.
The railway passenger traffic has also witnessed strong growth in the post-COVID-19 period. The passenger traffic was 809 crore in numbers during the pre-COVID-19 period (2019-20) but dipped to 125 crore in FY 2020-21. In the financial year 2021-22, the passenger traffic of railways recovered to 351.9 crore.
