Title - Record earnings for Palakkad rail division

The Palakkad Railway Division, threatened with another bifurcation to create the proposed new Mangalore Division, has made record earnings in the first four months of the current financial year.In the passenger earnings, the division recorded an increase of 14.4 per cent from Rs.146.49 crore to Rs.167.59 crore from April to July compared to the corresponding figures of the previous year, said Divisional Railway Manager Piyush Agarwal.The division also increased its Goods earnings by 24.66 per cent from Rs.127.14 crore in the previous year to Rs.158.49 crore during this period.

Other earnings

Similar hike was also recorded in other coaching earnings from Rs.7.2 crore of last year to Rs.11.27 crore this financial year so far. The originating freight loading registered the highest-ever monthly earnings of Palakkad division — Rs. 47.1 crore — for the month of June.

Coal landing

Coal loading during June was 0.752 MT which is the best-ever loading in the history of Palakkad division.

Coal loading in the division for the months of April to July 2013 registered 2.70 MT, as compared to the corresponding figures of 1.81 MT of the previous year, he said.

Total loading

Similarly, the total loading rose to 3.33 MT from April to July of 2013 compared to 2.32 MT recorded for the corresponding period of 2012, Mr. Agarwal said.


The division increased its Goods earnings by 24.66 per cent

In the passenger earnings, it recorded a hike of 14.4 per cent