Railways Freight Handling Rises As Economy Unlocks
Steel Insights|August 2020
Speed doubles in July on year
Railways Freight Handling Rises As Economy Unlocks

On mission mode, Railways has pulled freight traffic ahead of last year’s level inspite of Covid-19 related challenges.

Average speed of freight trains on July 27 was more than double as compare to last year for the same date.

In whole of July, the average speed of freight trains around double as compare to last year for the same month.

On July 27, the freight loading was 3.13 million tons which is higher than last year for the same date.

Faster freight

The average speed of freight trains on July 27 was 46.16 kmph which is more than double as compare to last year for the same date (22.52 kmph).

In the month of July the average speed of freight trains is 45.03 kmph which is around double as compare to last year for the same month (23.22 kmph).

West Central Railway with the average speed of 54.23 kmph, Northeast Frontier Railway with the speed of 51 kmph, East Central Railway 50.24 kmph, East Cost Railway 41.78 kmph, South East Central Railway 42.83 kmph, South Eastern Railway 43.24 kmph and Western Railway with the speed of 44.4 kmph are the leading Railway Zones in the average speed of freight train in Indian Railways.

On July 27, total freight loading was 3.13 mt which is higher than last year for the same date.

On that day, a total of 1039 of rakes loaded with freight in Indian Railways which includes 76 rakes of foodgrain, 67 rakes of fertilizer, 49 rakes of steel, 113 rakes of cement, 113 rakes of iron ore and 363 rakes of coal were handled.

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