Railways carry 803.50 MT of freight in Apr-Feb 09-10

The Indian Railways carried 803.50 million tonnes (MT) of revenue earning freight traffic during the first eleven months of the current financial year, an official statement said here today.

This was 6.95 per cent higher than the level of 751.30 MT carried during the corresponding period of the previous year, it said.

During February this year, the Railways carried 72.54 MT, 3.60 per cent more than 70.02 MT carried by them in the same period of 2008-09, the statement added.

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