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South Western Railway (SWR) has recorded an wide gross gross of ₹9,488 crore for the 2025-26 fiscal, reflecting a important summation from ₹8,489 crore during the erstwhile year.
According to a merchandise from Chief Public Relations Officer, the railway portion has achieved important milestones successful freight loading, gross procreation and infrastructure improvement during the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26, overcoming operational challenges.
According to the release, the railway portion recorded a landmark Originating Freight Revenue of ₹5,347.40 crore, surpassing the erstwhile champion of ₹4,672 crore during 2024-25.
In the rider segment, Passenger Revenue has risen to ₹3,468 crore from ₹3,172.5 crore past year.
A full of 176.93 cardinal passengers were carried during the twelvemonth compared to 165.53 cardinal during the erstwhile year.
During 2025-26, Other Coaching Revenue has accrued to ₹329.5 crore, Sundry Revenue to ₹342 crore, Parcel Revenue to ₹170.4 crore (₹166.4 crore past year), Commercial Sundry Revenue to ₹121.08 crore against ₹92.82 crore during erstwhile year.
Additionally, Ticket Checking Revenue has risen to ₹70.76 crore from ₹53.61 crore.
Total freight loading accrued successful the railway portion from 45.65 cardinal tonnes successful 2024-25 to 52.46 cardinal tonnes successful 2025-26, registering an awesome maturation of 6.81 cardinal tonnes (14.9%).
Iron ore remained the highest contributor, with loading expanding from 19.14 cardinal tonnes to 20.98 cardinal tonnes, registering a maturation of 1.84 cardinal tonnes (9.6%). Pig robust and finished alloy followed, signaling important loading of 10.95 cardinal tonnes arsenic against 8.46 cardinal tonnes successful the erstwhile year, showing a important summation of 2.49 cardinal tonnes (29.4%), the merchandise said.
According to the release, the railway portion has contributed astir 13% to the incremental freight loading of Indian Railways, which accrued from 1,615 cardinal tonnes to 1,667.8 cardinal tonnes.
A notable operational milestone was besides achieved by the portion successful Finished Steel loading, with 31 rakes loaded successful a azygous time connected March 31, 2026 surpassing the erstwhile grounds of 29 rakes achieved connected March 31, 2025.
In presumption of infrastructure development, electrification of 53 way kilometres was completed during the year, taking the full electrified way magnitude to 3,339 km retired of the 3,712 km nether the zone.
This apart, 24 km of caller railway lines person been commissioned and 78.1 km of treble lines completed, the merchandise said.
