Railways' freight traffic rises 4.12% in 2012-13

During 2012-13, the Indian Railways have carried 1.009 billion tonne of revenue earning freight traffic compared to 969.78 million tonne in the previous year. This represents an increase of 39.95 million tonne or 4.12 per cent over 2011-12. In March 2013, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 98.20 million tonne. There is an increase of 4.35 million tonne over the actual freight traffic of 93.85 million tonne carried by the Indian Railways during the same period last year, showing an increase of 4.64 per cent.