South Central Railway sees record freight loading in November

Secunderabad: For the third consecutive month, freight loading of South Central Railway has surpassed the freight loading of the corresponding month in the previous year, registering the highest loading for 2020-21 in November 2020. Freight loading in November 2020 surpasses last year loading for the third consecutive month.

The zone recorded freight loading of 9.3 MTs during the month of November 2020 compared to the loading of 8.9 MT recorded during November 2019. Inspite of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the zone continues to show positive momentum in the freight loading.

The sustained focus on agricultural commodities loading has led to Foodgrains and Fertiliser loading growing by 25% (0.64 MT) and 44% (0.62 MT) respectively in November 2020 over last year. Cement and Containers loading have also seen an upswing. Containers Loading registered to the tune of 0.152 Million Tonnes in November 2020 which is 67% higher when compared with corresponding period of the previous year, while Cement Loading registered 2.84 MTs which is 50 % more than the previous year loading in the same month (1.9 MTs).

It may be noted that SCR setting up of Business Development Units at Zonal and Divisional level has helped in making in-roads into stream of traffic as well as new destinations for the existing commodities.

The movement of freight trains has also been given due importance and regularly monitored at all levels. The average speed of freight trains in the month of November was around 50 Kmph, which is an improvement of 85% when compared to 27 Kmph registered in the same month last year.