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Indian Railways has earned a total revenue of Rs 73,403.67 crore for the first half of FY15 as against Rs 65,525.85 crore booked during H1FY14 an increase of 12.02 per cent, said an earnings update from the Railway Board.
Earnings from freight rose 10.44 per cent from Rs 44,162.15 crore in H1FY14 to Rs 48,771.58 crore for H1FY15 while passenger earnings grew at 16.46 per cent over last year’s H1 to log in revenue of Rs 21,079.09 crore (Rs 18,099.80 crore in H1FY14).
Earnings from other coaching grew at seven per cent from Rs 1,850.17 crore to Rs 1,979.91 crore during the same period.
Number of passengers saw a marginal dip of 0.06 per cent from 4255.81 million to 4253.32 million. While suburban traffic logged in a rise of 1.65 per cent from 2273.42 million in H1FY14 to 2310.97 million passengers during the first half of FY15, number of passengers using long distance trains decreased 2.02 per cent from 1982.39 million in H1FY14 to 1942.35 million in H1FY15.
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