TABLE 9.9
Performance of the Railways
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Change
April-November* over previous year
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1994-95 1995-96* 1995 1996 1995-96 1996-97@
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(per cent)
Total revenue earning freight traffic
(million tonnes) 365.0 390.7 245.3 260.7 7.0 6.3
(i) Coal 172.4 184.4 114.9 126.0 7.0 9.6
(ii) Raw Materials for steel plants (excl.coal) 36.6 38.9 25.0 25.3 6.3 1.0
(iii) Pig iron & finished
steel from steel plants 12.0 12.1 7.6 7.7 0.8 1.6
(iv) Iron ore for export 9.8 10.2 6.5 7.1 4.1 9.2
(v) Cement 31.5 32.1 20.2 21.6 1.9 6.8
(vi) Foodgrains 20.7 24.9 16.4 18.6 20.3 13.6
(vii) Fertilizers 21.5 23.7 14.7 13.2 10.2 -10.2
(viii) POL 27.7 28.9 19.1 18.6 4.3 -2.8
(ix) Balance (other goods) 32.8 35.7 20.8 22.6 8.8 8.6
2 Net tonne kilometers (billion) 249.6 270.5 172.5 179.9 8.4 4.3
3 Net tonne kilometers per wagon per day
(broad gauge) 1590.0 1754.0 1680.0 1719.0 10.3 2.3
4 Passenger traffic originating (million)** 3914.9 4018.0 1989.8 2062.9 2.6 3.7
5 Passenger kilometers (billion)** 319.4 342.0 163.8 173.0 7.0 5.6
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* Provisional. @ April-November. ** April-September.
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