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Coaching Vehicles Per Train And Coaching Vehicle Kilometres(Mg)

During the year 2004-2005, a total of passenger trains were run on the Metre Gauge with and average of 18.7 coaching vehicles, (Intercity 25.7, Mail Express 18.5 and local 10.7) and 0.68 freight wagons.The total kilometrage travelled by the coaching vehicles on passenger 197,653,603 Kilometres (Intercity 103,413,247, Mail and Express 56,981,583 & local 37,258,773. These figures do not include 65,028 coaching vehicle kilometres run on departmental account and a total of 2,360,640 freight wagon kilometres run on the local trains. Year-wise position is indicated below:-

    (Vehicles and wagons interms of four-wheelers)  
 Average number of vehicles per train   Vehicle kilometres
            (Thousands) 
                 
Intercity  Mail  Local  Total Freight  Intercity  Mail  Local  Total
trains  Express  trains  All  wagons  trains  Express  trains  All 
  trains  trains               
                 
                 
 Year                    
 July- June                  
                 
                 
 1995-96   27.5 16.4 10.9 17.4 0.57 69,482 44,021 37,470 150,973
 1996-97   26.4 17.8 11.3 17.6 0.94 68,622 49,155 40,934 158,711
 1997-98   28.2 17.9 11.1 18.2 1 71,007 48,880 37,668 157,555
 1998-99   29 18.2 11.2 18.8 0.95 87,538 50,217 37,962 175,717
 1999-00   28 16.4 10.9 18.4 0.88 92,005 48,098 36,616 176,719
 2000-01   28.6 17.7 10.2 18.7 0.97 95,638 53,437 35,886 184,961
 2001-02   27.7 17.6 11.1 18.7 0.82 93,854 53,509 39,003 186,366
 2002-03   27.8 18.9 11 19.2 0.68 94,200 58,358 38,290 190,848