Railway earnings up 8.45 % during Apr-Feb 09-10

Indian Railways' earnings went up by 8.45 per cent between April and February in the financial year 2009-10 to Rs 77,890.29 crore as compared to Rs. 71821.97 crore during the same period in the previous fiscal, an official statement said here today.

According to the statement, the total goods earnings went up from Rs. 48,837.32 crore during April-February in 2008-09 to Rs. 52,584.57 crore during the first 11 months of the current financial year, an increase of 7.67 per cent.

The statement said the total passenger revenue earnings during the first eleven months of 2009-10 were Rs. 21,400.10 crore as against Rs. 19,922.59 crore during the same period of the previous year, registering an increase of 7.42 per cent.

The revenue earnings from other coaching amounted to Rs. 2,087.35 crore during April 2009-February 2010 compared to Rs. 1,802.01 crore during the same period in 2008-09, an increase of 15.83 per cent, it said.

The total approximate numbers of passengers booked during April 2009-February 2010 were 6780.87 million compared to 6485.20 million during the same period in the previous year, showing an increase of 4.56 per cent. In the suburban and non-suburban sectors, the numbers of passengers booked during this period were 3520.40 million and 3260.47 million as compared to 3465.88 million and 3019.32 million during the same period of the previous fiscal, an increase of 1.57 per cent and 7.99 per cent, respectively, the statement added.

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