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Freight Trains (Bg)

During the year 2004-2005, the number of freight trains run on the broad Gauge totalled 5,766 and they covered 493,670 kilometres. These figures exclude 358,922 train- kilometres run on departmental account. The goods proportion of the mixed train-kilometrage was 45,209 during the year under review. Freight wagon kilometres on goods as well as mixed trains were 27,709,530 and these do not include 8,964,797 wagon-kilometres on departmental account. Year-wise position is indicated below:-

   Number    Freight    Number    Total    Wagon  
   of freight    Train    of loaded    Number    kilometres  
 Year      trains run   kilometres    Wagons    of wagons    (Thousands)
     (Thosands)    per train    per train    
           
           
 July-June            
           
 1969-1970     6,440 732 29.1 41.9 35,082
 1996-1997     3,391 322 23.9 43.7 17,608
 1997-1998     3,480 345 25.6 44.8 18,870
 1998-1999     3,996 411 24.7 45.5 22,565
 1999-2000     4,256 415 22.4 43.1 21,123
 2000-2001     5,031 495 22.6 41.5 24,980
 2001-2002     5,516 535 25.2 47.8 28,924
 2002-2003     5,737 511 26 47.7 27,649
 2003-2004     5,786 539 26 48.6 28,688
 2004-2005     5,766 494 29 51.4 27,710
           
             
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