The freight carried shows an increase of 43.68 million tonnes over the freight traffic of 1009.86 million tonnes actually carried during the corresponding period last year. (Read In Hindi:बीते साल भारतीय रेल ने ढोया 1053.54 मिलियन टन माल)

During the month of March the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 100.49 million tonnes.

There is an increase of 2.15 million tonnes over the actual freight traffic of 98.34 million tonnes carried by the Indian Railways during the same period last year.