OREANDA-NEWS.    The Indian Railways introduced 29 premium special trains during April to June 2014-15 which did 702 trips. Premium trains are schedule time tabled trains and do not interfere with the schedules of other time tabled trains. During the period April to June (2014-15) vis-a-vis the corresponding period of previous year, Indian Railways registered an overall growth of 6.5% in the total number of passengers. This included a growth of 11.08% in suburban passengers (short distance) also. Passenger earnings have increased by Rs. 5,209.41 crore during 2013-2014 as compared to the previous year. During current financial year up to June 2014, there is an increase in Rs. 1431.98 crore as compared to corresponding period of previous year. Further, suburban passenger increased by 11.08% during April-June 2014 over the corresponding period of previous year.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.