SCR crosses the milestone of 100 Million Tonnes of Originating Freight Loading
1.South Central Railway reaches the landmark of 100 Million Tonnes (or 1000 Lakh Tonnes) of Originating Freight Loading on 23.03.2012 during the current financial year. It makes SCR to proudly join the prestigious "100 Million Tonnes Plus Loading'league" of Indian Railways which at present contains only three Zonal Railways - South East Central, East Coast and South Eastern Railways. on this occasion, Shri G N Asthana, General Manager, South Central Railway hailed the achievement and has congratulated the Officers & Staff.
2.During the current Fiscal 2011-12, SCR is set to reachapproximately 103 Million Tonnes (MTs) of Originating Freight Loadingcompared to 96 MTs in the previous Fiscal with a growth rate of 6.8%, despite several disturbances due to Rail Rokos/Strike affecting Freight movement and Coal Loading from Singareni Collieries.
3.The Freight Traffic growth on SCR in the recent past has been phenomenal, which grew sharply from 73.8 MTs Loading in 2008-09 to 103 MTs in 2011-12. Thus the Zone could load 28 MTs of additional traffic in just three years, posting one of the highest growth rates in Freight Loading on Indian Railways.
4.Freight Earnings constitute approximately 70% of the Originating Earnings of SCR.
The volume of the Goods Loading and Earnings in the last four years is shown below:
Item
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12 (Approx.)
Originating Freight Loading (in MTs)
73.8
85.9
96.2
103.0
Originating Freight Earnings (Rs. in Crs)
3573
4354
5084
5764
5.Coal constitutes around 52% of the total Loading on SCR. Cement, fertilizer and food grains are the other major constituents
Commodity-wise comparative growth in Loading & Earnings in FY 2011-12 vis-avis 2010-11 is detailed below:
Item
Loading (MTs)
Earnings (Rs. in Crs)
2010-11
2011-12 (Approx.)
% Growth
2010-11
2011-12
(Approx.)
% Growth
Coal
48.74
53.19
9.1
2003
2232
11.4
Cement
24.03
24.70
2.8
1523
1665
9.3
Fertilizers
6.11
6.63
8.5
469
562
19.9
Food Grains
6.29
7.43
18.1
502
599
19.3
Others
11.03
11.05
0.2
648
706
8.9
Total
96.20
103.00
7.1
5145
5764
12.0
6.In terms of number of rakes, South Central Railway loads an average of 85 Rakes per day (mainly, Coal – 37 Rakes, Cement – 22 Rakes, Food grains – 7 Rakes and Fertilizers – 7 Rakes), compared to an average of 77 Rakes per day during last year. Thus, SCR loaded an additional 8 Rakes everyday in comparison to last year.
7.The Freight Loading of SCR got a critical impetus from the Traffic offered at the two Ports on Eastern Coast of the Zone, viz., Krishnapatnam and Kakinada.
The Loading and Unloading at these ports over the last five years is shown below :
(Lakh tonnes)
Year
Krishnapatnam
Kakinada
Loading
Unloading
Loading
Unloading
2007-08
--
7.13
0.51
47.10
2008-09
2.43
10.73
13.89
23.78
2009-10
35.83
17.84
34.77
32.63
2010-11
72.97
7.15
34.83
16.26
2011-12 (Approx.)
103.63
5.78
39.56
25.93
Imported Coal, Imported Fertilizers and Granite are the major constituents of Rail-borne traffic from these Ports.
8.The Freight infrastructure available on South Central Railway is as below :
Goods Sheds
Private Sidings
Total
138
97
235
Keeping in view the future traffic potential, South Central Railway is taking up continuous improvements at Goods Sheds towards capacity expansion and upgradation of the requisite facilities for loading and unloading activities.
9.In spite of the commendable growth so far, South Central Railway is conscious of the huge potential in Freight Loading in the wake of expansion of the existing Ports and development of new Ports on the Zone and ever-raising demand from industry ; And is all geared up to further scale up its Freight activities to meet the requirements of the customers within the existing resources.
