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WESTERN RAILWAY ACHIEVES THE HIGHEST EVER FREIGHT LOADING IN 2021-22 CREATING A NEW MILESTONE

WR achieves freight loading of 87.91 MT; 8.9% more than last year

Unhindered supply chain of essential goods during COVID-19

Western Railway's goods & parcel special trains have been traversing across the country to keep the supply of essential commodities moving, even during the difficult time of the COVID pandemic. Through sustained efforts, WR has achieved freight loading of 87.91% in financial year 2021-22 which is 8.9% more than last year of 80.71 MT.  This achievement has also broken the 7 year old record set in 2014-15 of 87.29 MT. Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti – General Manager of Western & Central Railway congratulated team WR o­n achieving this feat.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, turning crisis into opportunity, Western Railway has significantly increased its loading in Coal, Cement, Salt, Auto rakes, Container and Iron & Steel segments. During FY 2021-22 Western Railway has achieved its best-ever loading in Container (25.13.MT), Cement (14.61 MT), Iron & Steel (2.08 MT), Salt (7.41 MT) and Automobile (395 rakes).

Shri Thakur further stated that revenue from goods in FY 2021-22 is approx. Rs. 10858 Cr which is 8.22 % higher than last year. Western Railway also achieved the highest revenue from Container traffic of Rs. 2429.18 Cr – making it the highest o­n Indian Railways. In addition to this, Western Railway had its several firsts in FY 2021-22, such as Commissioning of the FirstGati Shakti Multimodal Cargo Terminalof M/s CONCOR served by Varnama (CGMV) of Vadodara Division o­n 29^thMarch 2022, Loading of Textiles for the first time in NMG rakes from Surat area, Leasing of Parcel Van in Rajdhani Express, etc. WR ran a total of 198 Kisan Rail Parcel Special trains fetching a revenue of Rs. 20.29 Cr for the transportation of o­nions, garlic, chikoo, raw bananas, etc. Western Railway also commissioned new goods shed in the FY 2021-22 at Dhoraji, Runija, Asarva, Kharirohar Road and Ranavav to boost freight traffic from these areas. In 2021-22 WR added new and additional traffic comprising 2829 rakes which have generated a revenue of Rs. 1030.64 Cr.

Shri Thakur also said that this increase in momentum has been possible due to various initiatives taken by WR to boost the freight traffic. Western Railway introduced various incentive schemes as per the directives of the Ministry of Railways to attract freight transporters in order to tie up with Railways for transportation of their goods & parcels. Additionally, Business Development Units (BDUs) have also been formed at the Headquarter level and over all Divisions for attracting new traffic and increasing the rail share in the existing stream of traffic. This has enabled in providing the best facilities to freight customers and also increased revenue.

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HUNGRY FOR CARGO

WESTERN RAILWAY COMMISSIONS A NEW GOODS SHED AT RUNIJA, RATLAM DIVISION

In a major impetus to the Ã¢â‚¬ËœHungry for Cargo’ motto, various efforts initiated by Western Railway has started yielding positive results and this has resulted in yet another landmark breakthrough. A new Goods Shed has been commissioned at Runija in Ratlam Division and unloading of first clinker rake of cement was facilitated here with thrust from the Business Development Unit of Ratlam Division. This major feat has been made possible under the visionary leadership, able guidance and energetic motivation of Shri Alok Kansal – General Manager of Western Railway.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, through continuous efforts made by Ratlam Division’s BDU, M/s Wonder Cement’s clinker rake was unloaded at the new Goods Shed at Runija o­n 14^th January, 2022. The 58 wagon BOXNHL clinker rake carried 4,065 tonnes of cement. In the future, this will increase freight revenue by approx. Rs. 27 Cr annually and will also attract loading of agricultural produce.  

Shri Thakur further stated that from 1^st April, 2021 to 16^thJanuary, 2022, WR has recorded a loading of 68.48 million tonnes in goods trains as compared to 62.80 million tonnes in the corresponding period of last year, which is almost 10% higher. This has resulted in generating total goods revenue of approx. Rs. 8480 Cr. During this period, Western Railway has transported commodities weighing almost 2.57 lakh tonnes through its 666 parcel special trains, which included agricultural produce, medicines, medical equipment, fish, milk etc. The revenue generated through this transportation, has been approx. Rs. 91.41 crores. 146 Milk Special trains were run by Western Railway, with a load of more than 1.03 lakh tonnes and 100% utilization of the wagons. WR has also run 157 Kisan Rails from various divisions carrying a load of about 42,000 tonnes. Similarly, 156 COVID-19 special parcel trains with a load of more than 31,000 tonnes were also run to transport essential commodities. In addition to this, 207 indented rakes carrying about 80,000 tonnes were also run with 100% utilization.

It is pertinent to mention that in the current financial year, Western Railway has achieved an overall originating earning of Rs 11279 Cr upto Dec’ 2021 which is 34% higher than the originating earning of Rs 8440 Cr in the corresponding period of previous year. Western Railway crossed the milestone of Rs 10,000 Cr in originating revenue o­n 14^th December, 2021.

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