Agencies
NEW DELHI, Apr 11: The Railway Board has set a target to carry 1,702.5 million tonnes (MT) of freight in the financial year 2025-26 to boost revenue, according to an official notification. The target for this financial year is about 5.2 per cent higher than the actual freight loading achieved in 2024-25, during which the railways transported approximately 1,617.38 MT of freight. In 2024-25, the railways registered a growth of 1.68 per cent in freight transportation as compared to 2023-24.
A circular, dated April 8, from the board to all the 17 railway zones with a breakup of the target said, "It has been decided to fix 1,702.5 MT as target of revenue earning originating freight loading for the year 2025-26." The highest loading target of 275 MT has been assigned to the East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone, which ranked first with 259 MT freight loading in 2024-25. According to railway officials, the ECoR has been the highest freight carrying railway zone for the past five years. The major contributors are the coalfields of MCL at Talcher; ports of Paradeep, Dhamara, Vizag, Gangavaram and Gopalpur; iron ore mines in Bailadila in Chhattisgarh and Keonjhar in Odisha along with other major steel and aluminium companies.
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