OREANDA-NEWS. March 12, 2012. Indian Railways have carried 875.60 million tonnes of revenue earning freight traffic during April 2011- February 2012. The freight carried shows an increase of 42.94 million tonnes over the freight traffic of 832.66 million tonnes actually carried during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 5.16 per cent.

 During the month of February 2012, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 83.76 million tonnes. There is an increase of 6.96 million tonnes over the actual freight traffic of 76.80 million tonnes carried by the Indian Railways during the month of February 2011, showing an increase of 9.06 per cent.