RailEnquiry

Economic Times reported that South Eastern Railway loaded 92.16 million tonnes of freight during the April to December period of 2012-13, registering a growth of 4.56% against 88.14 million tonne loaded during the previous corresponding period.SER's performance surpassed the target laid down by Railway Board till December 2012, having loaded 5.75 million tonne more than the Railway Board target, an increase of 6.65%.During the period, SER's loading of iron ore, the main commodity it carries, stood at 50.33 million tonne, a 7.43% jump over 46.85 million tonne of iron ore loaded during the same period last year.Significantly, total loading of iron ore went up despite a fall in demand for export of iron ore from 7.81 million tonne last year to 2.80 million tonne during the current year. Also, SER's iron ore loading registered a growth of 13.23% over the target set by Railway Board.SER also recorded a positive growth in loading of coal, other raw materials to steel plants, pig iron & finished steel, cement, food grains and fertilizers. Earnings from freight traffic also went up 5.91% during the first nine months of the current financial year in comparison to the corresponding period of last year.During April to December of the current financial year, SER earned INR 6397.94 crore from freight traffic as against INR 6040.84 crore earned from freight during the same period last year.