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General Manager of South Western Railway (SWR) Mukul Saran Mathur has siad that successful the archetypal 3 quarters of the fiscal twelvemonth 2025–2026m the railway portion had achieved a gross gross of ₹6,939 crore.
General manager of South Western Railway (SWR) Mukul Saran Mathur has said that successful the archetypal 3 quarters of 2025–2026, the portion had achieved a gross gross of ₹6,939 crore.
Delivering the Republic Day code aft unfurling the nationalist emblem astatine the zonal office successful Hubballi connected Monday, helium said that SWR had registered rider gross of ₹2,543 crore and freight gross of ₹3,976 crore.
Mr. Mathur said SWR emerged arsenic the top-performing zonal railway successful incremental originating freight loading and revenue, achieving 38 cardinal tonnes with 18.5% growth. In December 2025 it recorded the highest-ever monthly loading of 5.1 cardinal tonnes, with freight gross of ₹502 crore. Hubballi part besides acceptable a grounds with 3.8 cardinal tonnes of monthly loading, registering 31% growth, helium said.
During April–December 2025, SWR made important advancement successful capableness augmentation, commissioning 26 km of doubling works and securing authorisation for large projects including Ballari–Chikjajur and Toranagallu–Ranjithpura.
Under assorted enactment heads, 190 projects worthy ₹1,107 crore were sanctioned, and 109 projects costing ₹2,264 crore were shortlisted, including respective RoB/RuB works.
He besides said that operational ratio improved with velocity enhancements. Sectional velocity was raised to 110 kmph implicit 360 way km, loop enactment velocity accrued to 30 kmph, and the Hassan–Mangaluru conception velocity was enhanced to 80 kmph. A full of 20 imperishable velocity restrictions were removed, and 21 were relaxed, on with fencing connected high-speed routes and upgradation of 240 km way to 25-tonne axle load.
Electrification gained momentum with the commissioning of 4 traction sub-stations and the electrification of 207 way km, taking the full electrified web to 3,340 way km (nearly 90%). Electric traction was extended to 163 pairs of trains, and 48 electrical locomotives were added, raising the fleet to 326. Conversion of 30 pairs of trains from diesel to electrical saved astir ₹39 crore successful fuel.
He added that operational show remained strong, with 90% ranking 4th nationally. The portion operated 224 Mail and Express, 148 Passenger, and 4 leased PCET trains. 125 trains were sped up, redeeming 3,335 minutes. Passenger services expanded with 10 caller trains, including 2 Vande Bharat services, regularisation of 10 peculiar trains, hold of 16 trains, and upgradation of 8 trains to Superfast.
SWR’s sustainability thrust added 722 kWp further star capacity, raising the full to 7.6 MWp, generating 48 lakh units and redeeming ₹3 crore. Solar capableness is expected to scope 20 MWp, yielding yearly savings of ₹25 crore. Energy savings of ₹171 crore were achieved done unfastened access, portion HOG locomotives saved ₹124 crore successful fuel.
Additional General Manager of SWR P Ananth, DRM of Hubballi Division Bela Meena, President of the SWRWWO, Dr Sanjeela Mathur and different elder officials were present. Students of railway schoolhouse enthralled assemblage with their lively taste programmes. A amusement was held by the canine squad.
