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During the month of June 2024, freight loading of 135.46 MT has been achieved as against 123.06 MT in June 2023, which is an improvement of about 10.07 per cent over the previous year. As against freight earnings of Rs 13,316.81 crore in June 2023, freight revenue of Rs 14,798.11 crore has been achieved in June 2024, which shows an improvement of about 11.12 per cent over the previous year.

Indian Railways achieved freight loading of 60.27 MT in Coal (excluding imported coal), 8.82 MT in Imported Coal, 15.07 MT in Iron Ore, 5.36 MT in Pig Iron & Finished Steel, 7.56 MT in Cement (excluding clinker), 5.28 MT in Clinker, 4.21 MT in Food Grains, 5.30 MT in Fertilizers, 4.18 MT in Mineral Oil, 6.97 MT in Containers and 10.06 MT in remaining other commodities during June, 2024.

Following the mantra of “Hungry for Cargo”, Indian Railways has made continuous efforts to improve the ease of doing business as well as service delivery at competitive prices. The work of the business development units supported by a customer centric approach and agile policy making has helped Indian Railways to achieve this significant milestone.

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