Indian Railways carry 655.35 million tonnes of freight during April’06 - February’07

Indian Railways have carried 655.34 million tonnes of revenue earning freight traffic during 1st April 2006 to 28th February 2007. The freight carried shows an increase of 54.76 million tonnes over the freight traffic of 600.58 million tonnes actually carried during the corresponding period last year, an increase of 9.12 per cent.

During the month of February 2007, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 61.67 million tonnes. There is an increase of 3.90 million tonnes over the actual freight traffic of 57.77 million tonnes actually carried by the Indian Railways during the same period last year, an increase of 6.75 per cent.

Source : Press Information Bureau

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