Continuous Rise In Freight Traffic During Last Three Years

Operating Ratio Of Railways Went Up To 98.10% In 2022-23

New Delhi, july 21: Improvement in freight cargo transportation is an on-going process on Indian Railways. Speeds of cargo trains are subject to network capacity. The progressive commissioning of Dedicated Freight Corridor has significantly helped in reducing transit time of cargo on these routes.

The details of total originating freight traffic by Indian Railways during the last three years in Million Tonnes (MT) are as under:

Year	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Total loading	1233.22	1418.27	1512.07

Revenue from Passenger and Freight for last three years are given below:

(₹ in Crore)

Year	Passenger		Freight
Year	Revenue	Increase over Past Year	Revenue	Increase over Past Year
2020-21	15248	-35421	117232	3744
2021-22	39214	23966	141096	23865
2022-23 Prov.	63417	24203	162263	21167

Railways revenue was adversely impacted due to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the years 2020-21 and 2021-22

Year	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Operating Ratio	97.3%	98.36%	97.45%	107.39%	98.10%

Railway operations were adversely impacted during the Covid-19 Pandemic. After normalisation there has been a healthy improvement of Operating Ratio to 98.10% in the year 2022-23.

This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.