East Coast Railway REGISTERS HIGHEST lOADING AMONG ZONAl RAIlWAYS
Bhubaneswar: After a commendable performance in freight loading and earning in 2012-13 financial year, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has added another glorious chapter in its history by achieving record revenue loading performance and has placed itself as the largest freight loading railway zone of Indian Railways during September 2013. From the first six months of the current financial year, East Coast Railway has loaded 73.62 million tonnes of freight as compared to 61.48 million tonnes achieved in the corresponding period of last year by registering an increase of 19.7 percent. During the month of September 2013 only, this railway has loaded 11.78 million tonnes of freight registering an increase of 28.0 percent from the loading of September 2012.Similarly, on the earnings side, this railway has earned 5783.83 crores from the first six months of the current financial year which is 19 percent more than the corresponding period of last year. ECoR has earned 4858.64 crores during the first six months of last financial year. In September month only, ECoR earned 905.37 crores in originating goods earning as compared to 731.62 crores achieved in September 2012 by registering an increase of 23.7 percent.
More importantly, the incremental loading of East Coast is the highest in Indian Railways surpassing the loading figure of South East Central Railway 73.04 million tonnes and South Eastern Railway 66.45 million tonnes of freight till September 2013. East Coast Railway is the only major zonal railway who could surpass the loading target in the first six months of the current fiscal.