South Western Railway sets new record in freight loading

South Western Railway (SWR) has acceptable a caller grounds by registering an originating freight loading of 4.40 cardinal tonnes (MT) successful May 2026 and registering a maturation of 4.3% compared to the erstwhile year, a merchandise from SWR has said.

According to the property merchandise from the CPRO, this accomplishment surpasses the erstwhile grounds of 4.25 MT acceptable successful May 2008. During May, an mean of 2,275 wagons per time were loaded arsenic against 2,193 wagons per time successful the corresponding play past year, reflecting a maturation of 3.7%.

Commodity-wise, SWR handled 1.766 MT of robust ore, 0.921 MT of steel, and 0.108 MT of RMSP during May 2026. Coal loading stood astatine 0.93 MT, registering a important maturation of 23.3% compared to 0.76 MT successful May 2025, portion nutrient atom loading was 0.022 MT during the month. Container postulation besides showed improvement, reaching 0.09 MT arsenic against 0.07 MT past year, reflecting a maturation of 16.9%. Additionally, loading of Balance Other Goods (BOG) accrued to 0.22 MT from 0.14 MT successful May 2025, marking a important emergence of 56.3% (an summation of 0.080 MT).

SWR recorded a unchangeable fiscal show successful May 2026, with Gross Earnings amounting to ₹770.71 crore. Passenger net continued to beryllium a large contributor, reaching ₹302.34 crore, a maturation of 21.37% maturation implicit the erstwhile year. The fig of passengers carried roseate to 16.36 million, a maturation of 6.72% compared to past year.

For the fiscal twelvemonth up to May 2026, rider gross has accrued to ₹609.68 crore, a maturation of 16.2%. Freight gross reached ₹782.92 crore, portion different coaching gross stood astatine ₹54.75 crore and sundry gross astatine ₹34.11 crore. The full gross gross for the play aggregated to ₹1,481.46 crore, the merchandise said.