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Railways earn over 6% during Apr-Sept
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New Delhi: Railways have posted over 6% increase in earnings during the first half of the current financial year and registered a growth of over 4% in passenger bookings.
The public sector enterprise behemoth, between April and September, earned Rs40,910 crore against Rs38,358 crore during the corresponding period last year, marking an increase of 6.65%.
Of the total earnings, Rs27,631 crore came from the total goods transported, showing an increase of 5.84%, while Rs11,573 crore came from passenger traffic, which also went up 7.61%, a railway ministry official said.
Revenue earnings from other sources amounted to ₹ ,115 crore during this period as compared to ₹ 956 crore during the same period last year, reflecting an increase of 16.6%.
The total number of passengers who bought tickets during the period was 3685.03 million, up from 3526.31 million -- an increase of 4.5%.
In the suburban and non-suburban sectors, the number of passengers who bought tickets were was 1,888.51 million and 1796.52 million respectively.
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