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Freight Trains (Mg Zone-Wise)

During the year 2004-2005, the number of freight trains run in the Eastern Zone on the Metre Gauge totalled 9,407 and those run in the Westen Zone totalled 2,107. The former covered a totalled of 897,390 kilometres and the later 90,554 kilometres. These figures do not include 281,190 and 103,605 freight train-kilometres run on departmental account in Eastern & Western Zone respectively. The goods proportion of mixed train-kilometres were 17,050 Eastern Zone and 144,379 in the Western Zone. Freight wagon kilometres on goods as well as mixed trains were 46,773,672 and 5,672,818 in Eastern & Western Zone respectively. Year-wise position is indicated below:-

   Year    East    West    Metre Gauge
   July-June    Zone    Zone    Combined  
       
 1. Number of freight    2002-03   10,744 3,653 14,397
 train run    2003-04   10,480 3,392 13,872
 2004-05   9,407 2,107 11,514
       
 2. Freight train kilometres    2002-03   963 122 1,085
 (Thousands)    2003-04   948 121 1,069
 2004-05   897 91 988
       
 3. Number of loaded    2002-03   42.3 15.2 37.3
 wagons per train    2003-04   43.9 14.7 38
 2004-05   42.9 14.3 37
       
 4. Total number of    2002-03   51.2 27.2 46.7
 wagons per train    2003-04   52.7 24.5 47
 2004-05   51.2 24.1 45.6
       
 5. Wagon kilometres    2002-03   51,158 6,187 57,345
 (Thousands)    2003-04   51,765 6,052 57,817
 2004-05   46,774 5,673 52,447
       
         
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