Sadashivapet Road

- Both Passenger Revenue and Freight Revenue in May 2022 are the highest for any month over the Zone, since its inception

- While 11.713 MTs of Freight were loaded, 21 Million passengers transported in May, 2022.

South Central Railway’s performance in the new financial year has begun exceptionally well with the Zone achieving its best-ever Monthly earnings in both the Passenger and Freight segment in the month of May 2022. The originating passenger revenue of Rs 423.98 Crores registered during May, 2022 is the highest-ever earnings, the previous best being Rs 414.48 Crores. Similarly, the Zone registered Rs. 1,067.57 crs in Freight revenue in May 2022 – the highest ever in a month.

The Zone’s proactive approach in planning for the summer season by operating special trains has given rich dividends, wherein 2.65 lakhs passengers were carried through 66 special trains (266 trips) in May 2022. In addition, the Zone has been continuously augmenting the trains with additional coaches, wherever there is a possibility and a demand, leading to more number of passengers being transported. A total of 1, 14,835 passengers were carried by attaching 1,533 additional coaches during the month of May of 2022. All these have resulted in the Zone also recoding its best-ever occupation in a month for Mail Express Trains. It may be noted that, the Zone has already resumed all its Mail Express train services compared to the pre-COVID period.

Simultaneously, the Zone has been giving importance to widen its freight basket by starting new streams of traffic, while strengthening the existing commodity streams. The continuous endeavor in this direction has resulted in the Zone recording its best-ever freight revenue in a month by earning Rs. 1,067.57 Crs in May 2022. In fact, the 11.713 MTs of freight loaded in May 2022 is the second best loading in a month for SCR, since its inception. Several new streams of traffic were started including Clinker from Nadikudi, Maize from Reddipalem and Narsaraopeta, Quartz from Sadashivapet Road, and Cement in Tank containers among others. While 6.037 MTs of Coal wad loaded, other major commodities include Cement (3.147 MTs), Fertilisers (0.719 MTs) and Foodgrains (0.558 MTs) among others.

Shri Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager (In-charge), South Central Railway has congratulated both the Operating and Commercial teams for achieving this impressive earnings at the beginning of the new financial year. He said that the achievements have been due to the unrelenting efforts and exceptional synergy displayed by our dedicated team members. The General Manager advised the Divisions to maintain the same tempo to proactively meet the requirements of both the Passengers as well freight customers.

For the first time in South Central Railway, Parcel loading has been commenced in New Modified Goods (NMG) wagons. Accordingly, Rubber Tyres have been loaded in NMG wagons from Sadashivapet Road station of Secunderabad Division. A total of 230 tons of Tyres have been loaded in 25 NMG wagons yesterday i.e., 25th June, 2021 bound to Mirzapur Bacchaud station in Haryana.

Generally, NMG wagons are widely used for transportation of Automobiles traffic from o­ne place to another. In the recent times, Parcel traffic has been steadily increasing and there is a huge demand for Parcel Vans for Parcel transportation. To overcome this, Railway Board has issued instructions to utilize NMG wagons for Parcel transportation to meet the demand, provided that the loading is done in entire rake i.e., 25 wagons and also to the extent of carrying capacity of the wagons. The charges will be applicable as per the rules of Parcel trains.

Accordingly, Secunderabad division of SCR has been successful in materializing this relaxation given to parcel traffic. The Railway Officials explained about the benefits of parcel loading in NMG wagons to make the Parcel customers aware of the new opportunity. As a result, Parcel customers around Sadashivapet Road station have come forward to load Rubber Tyres in NMG wagons. The intensive marketing efforts of BDU (Business Development Unit) team set up in Secunderabad division has resulted in yielding positive results in capturing new segment of traffic like Tyres loading.

Shri Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, SCR complimented the Officers and staff of Secunderabad Division and appreciated their efforts in adding the new segment of traffic to SCR freight basket. He advised the parcel customers to avail the relaxation in loading of NMG rakes. He also instructed the officials to monitor the supply of wagons and train movements to facilitate hassle free transportation.