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South Western Railway (SWR) has reported a beardown fiscal and operational show for February 2026 and the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26 up to February, driven by maturation successful some freight and rider segments.
According to a release, the portion achieved an wide gross gross of ₹8,550 crore during the existent fiscal twelvemonth up to February 2026, registering a maturation of 14.31% compared to the corresponding play past year. Freight gross remained the superior contributor astatine ₹4,876 crore, reflecting a important summation of 18.27%. Passenger gross besides witnessed dependable growth, reaching ₹3,154 crore, up by 9.25%.
In February 2026 alone, the portion recorded a gross gross of ₹780 crore, marking a 7.25% emergence year-on-year. The rider net for the period stood astatine ₹307 crore, showing a notable maturation of 14.5%, with 13.66 cardinal passengers travelling crossed the zone. The freight gross during February reached ₹415 crore, supported by improved loading performance. The commercialized sundry gross roseate to ₹26.38 crore, portion summons checking net accrued to ₹6.32 crore.
On the freight front, SWR loaded 47.5 cardinal tonne (MT) of originating freight during the fiscal year, compared to 40.6 MT during the aforesaid play past year, registering a maturation of 17%. Commodity-wise, robust ore loading reached 19 MT (up 10.7%), alloy loading roseate sharply to 9.8 MT (up 35.9%), and ember loading improved to 9.3 MT (up 16.6%).
In February alone, the portion loaded 4.26 MT of originating freight, a 5.3% summation implicit the erstwhile year. The alloy loading touched 0.89 MT, marking the best-ever show successful February, portion ember loading accrued to 0.90 MT, reflecting a maturation of 19.6%. The RMSP loading stood astatine 0.158 MT, with nutrient grains, containers and fertilisers besides showing dependable improvement, according to the release.
