Indian Railways has recorded the highest loading in freight transportation. The Ministry of Railways in a release informed that in the monetary year 2020-21, the Indian Railways transported the loading of 1232.64 Million Tonnes (MT). With this, the freight income of Indian Railways also elevated to Rs 1,17,386 crore (approx) for the monetary year ending March 31, 2021 as against the freight income recorded to Rs 1,13,897 crore through fiscal 2019-20. To be positive, these trains are operating at double the speed of 44 kmph, up from 24 kmph speed in the final fiscal.
Since August 2020, the Indian Railways has run 450 Kisan Rail services and was in a position to transport more than 1.45 lakh tonnes of agricultural generate & perishables, the ministry noted. Looks like that railway services are in accordance with the demand.
On the specific train front, 1402 specific train services are getting operated in one day on an typical. As of now, as lots of as 5381 suburban train services are operational along with 830 passenger train services. Notably, the railways has also incorporated yet another 28 specific trains that are getting operated as “clones of highly patronized trains having high patronage.”
This year, some more trains will be added through April-May 2021 period that will permit clearing the rush in Central Railway. For this, 58 trains (29 pairs) and 30 pairs of trains on Western Railway tracks have also been added. According to the ministry, these trains will cater to the higher demand coming from Patna, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Darbhanga, Barauni, Guwahati, Bokaro, Ranchi, Prayagraj, and Lucknow.
Meanwhile, the Indian Railways is anticipated to restore its passenger train services to pre-pandemic levels and this will be carried out more than the next two months. However, an approval from state governments is required for this and this will be requested provided the pandemic comes below handle. These trains will not be the common ones but they will also be operating as specific trains.