Eastern Railway (ER) said that in 2013-14 it loaded 62.384 million tonnes of goods freight as against 60.311 million tonnes loaded during 2012-13.

In March, ER recorded 11.05 per cent growth in loading at 6.550 million tonnes as against 5.898 million tonnes in the corresponding month last year.

ER said it registered 86.3 per cent punctuality in running mail or express trains, 67.6 per cent in passenger trains and 96.2 per cent in suburban trains during 2013-14. ER said 19 pairs of mail or express trains have been speeded up and three pairs of mail or express trains have been upgraded to super fast category.