₹22,266 crore during the quarter-ended June. Freight traffic volume was down 21.4% during the same period to 241.55 million tonne (mt).Freight loading though significantly improved in June, down only 7% year-on-year, inching towards pre covid-19 level.
As much as 93.58 mt goods were transported in June, as compared to 101.42 mt a year ago. On a sequential basis, it grew 13%.But earnings did not recover in the same pace.
In June, freight earnings fell from ₹10,707 crore a in the year-ago period to ₹8,829 crore. In terms of volume, it fell 21% year-on-year to 82.6 mt.Railways transports bulk industrial goods, an indicator of the pick-up in industrial activity health of the economy.