OREANDA-NEWS. Indian Railways have carried 866.14 million tonnes of revenue earning freight traffic during 1st April 2013 to 31st January 2014. The freight carried shows an increase of 38.35 million tonnes over the freight traffic of 827.79 million tonnes actually carried during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 4.63 per cent.

During the month of January 2014, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 96.40 million tonnes. There is an increase of 3.83 million tonnes over the actual freight traffic of 92.57 million tonnes carried by the Indian Railways during the same period last year, showing an increase of 4.14 per cent.