Tatsat Chronicle Magazine

Railways registers highest ever freight loading in July 2021

August 14, 2021

Indian Railways has registered a stupendous freight loading performance in July 2021 by achieving yet again highest ever freight loading in the month which has continued for last 11 months since September 2020. Railways has achieved highest ever incremental freight loading of 17.54 million tonnes in July 2021 (an increase of 18.43 per cent over July 2020), with total freight loading of 112.72 million tonnes as against earlier best of 99.74 million tonnes in July 2019 and as against 95.18 million tonnes in July 2020. With freight loading of 451.97 million tonnes in current fiscal 2021-22 as against 336.74 upto July 2020, the Railways has also achieved highest ever cumulative incremental freight loading of 115.23 million tonnes i.e 34.22% over same period last year 2020-21.