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Indian Railways Facts & Figures 2016-17 INDIAN RAILWAYS FACTS & FIGURES 2016-17 BHARAT SARKAR GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RAIL MANTRALAYA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) KEY STATISTICS 2016-17 1. Route Length (Kms.) - Broad Gauge (1.676 M.) 61,680 - Metre Gauge (1.000 M.) 3,479 - Narrow Gauge 2,209 (0.762 M. and 0.610 M.) Total 67,368 2. Double and Multiple Track - Broad Gauge 22,021 (Route Kms.) - Metre Gauge - Total 22,021 3. Electrified Track (Route Kms.) - Broad Gauge 25,367 - Metre Gauge - Total 25,367 4. Number of Railway Stations 7,349 5. Number of Railway Bridges 1,44,698 6. Traffic Volume Passengers Originating (Millions) 8,116 Passenger Kms. 1,149,835 Tonnes Originating (Rev. Traffic) (Millions Tonnes) 1,106.15 Tonne Kms. (Millions) 620,175 7. Number of Employees (Thousands) 1308 8. Revenue (` in Millions) 1,65,292.20 9. Expenses (` in Millions) 1,59,029.61 10. Rolling Stock - Locomotives: - Steam 39 - Diesel 6,023 - Electric 5,399 Total 11,461 - Passenger Carriages 64,223 - Freight Cars/Wagons 2,77,987 Note : All the figures, unless otherwise stated, are as at the end of the fiscal year i.e. March 31, 2017. CONTENTS Review of the year 5 Originating Passengers & Average Lead 6 Passenger Kilometres 7 Passenger Services 8 Passenger Revenue 9 Freight Operations — Originating Tonnage 10 — Net Tonne Kms. 11 — Freight Train & Wagon Kms. 12 — Commodity wise Loading 13 — Commodity wise NTKms. 14 — Average Lead 15 — Revenue 16 — Commodity wise Earnings 17 Rolling Stock — Locomotives 18 — Passenger Coaches 19 — Freight Cars/Wagons 20 Track/Route Kilometres 21 Gross Tonne Kilometres 22 Electrification 23 Signalling 24 Telecommunication 25 Personnel 26 Revenue 27 Expenses 28 Net Revenue & Excess/Shortfall 29 Assets 30 Asset Utilisation 31 Engine Kms. per Day per Engine in use 32 Social Service Obligation 33 Tourism 34 Technology Development 39 International Cooperation 44 REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2016-17 In 2016-17 Indian Railways (IR) lifted 1,110.95 million tonnes of total freight, the bulk comprising revenue-earning traffic of 1,106.15 million tonnes (excluding Konkan Railway). The transport output in terms of Net Tonne Kilometres (NTKms.) was 621 billion. 8,116 million ‘originating’ passengers generated 1,150 billion passenger kms. Earnings from passenger traffic was `462.80 billion and from freight `1,020.28 billion. The year ended with an excess of ` 49.13 billion in spite of increased working expenses and payment of Productivity Linked Bonus to employees. Construction of 953 kms. of new lines was completed and 2,487 kms. of track renewals carried out. Also, 1,020 kms. of track was converted from NG/MG to BG and opened to traffic. IR made good progress in indigenous manufacture of rolling stock and other vital stores during 2016-17. The production of locos/coaches in 2016-17 was: Production Unit Product Details Electric locos Diesel locos Coaches (BG) (BG) 1. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan 292 2. Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi 334 3. Integral Coach Factory, Chennai 2,215 4. Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 1,489 5. Modern Coach Factory Raebareli 576 Electrification of 2,013 route kms. was completed in 2016-17. 5 ORIGINATING PASSENGERS & AVERAGE LEAD The number of passengers originating and average distance travelled per passenger for some selected years are given below: PASSENGERS originating (Millions) Year Suburban Non- Suburban Total 1980-81 2,000 1,613 3,613 1990-91 2,259 1,599 3,858 2000-01 2,861 1,972 4,833 2010-11 4,061 3,590 7,651 2015-16 4,459 3,648 8,107 2016-17 4,566 3,550 8,116 average distance travelled PER passenger (Kms.) Year Suburban Non- Suburban Total 1980-81 20.5 103.9 57.7 1990-91 26.4 147.6 76.6 2000-01 31.1 186.7 94.6 2010-11 33.8 234.4 127.9 2015-16 32.6 273.5 141.0 2016-17 31.8 283.0 141.7 6 passenger KILOMETRES In 2016-17 the passenger kms. rose by 451% over those in 1980-81. PASSENGER KMS. (Millions) Year Suburban Non- Total Suburban 1980-81 41,086 167,472 208,558 1990-91 59,578 236,066 295,644 2000-01 88,872 368,150 457,022 2010-11 137,127 841,381 978,508 2015-16 145,253 997,786 1,143,039 2016-17 145,417 100,418 1,149,835 7 passenger services Passenger services measured in terms of train Kms., vehicle Kms. and density of train services are shown below: Suburban Non-Suburban Train kms. per (Millions) (Millions) running track km. per day Year Train Vehicle Train Vehicle Sub- Non- Kms. Kms. Kms. Kms. urban suburban 1980-81 35.55 601.5 258 5,582 36.6 9.7 1990-91 48.37 840.7 316 7,739 40.0 11.5 2000-01 56.04 1,029.5 397 11,035 47.1 13.8 2010-11 73.25 1,438.5 582 18,207 46.7 19.2 2015-16 86.39* 1,970 684 23,356* 50.0 21.6 2016-17 87.30 2,002 700 24,274 50.6 21.5 *revised Food being served in Gatimaan Express by IRCTC 8 passenger REVENUE Passenger revenue has been steadily increasing, though it formed only about 28% of the total earnings of the Railways in 2016-17. PASSENGER REVENUE (` in millions) Year Suburban Non- Suburban Total 1980-81 905.2 7,369.5 8,274.7 1990-91 3,569.8 27,877.4 31,447.2 2000-01 10,911.4 93,920.2 104,831.6 2010-11 17,862.8 239,193.6 257,056.4 2015-16 25,752.2 417,080.4 442,832.6 2016-17 26,894.4 435,910.2 462,804.6 9 FREIGHT operation 1. originating tonnage The Revenue-earning originating tonnage rose from 195.9 million tonnes in 1980-81 to 1,106.15 million tonnes in 2016-17 while the total originating freight rose from 220 million tonnes to 1,110.95 million tonnes during the same period. (Million tonnes) Originating tonnage Year Revenue-earning Total traffic* traffic 1980-81 195.9 220.0 1990-91 318.4 341.4 2000-01 473.5 504.2 2010-11 921.73 926.43 2015-16 1,101.51 1,108.62 2016-17 1,106.15 1,110.95 * Excludes loading of Konkan Railway. 10 2. NET tonne KMS. The freight carried in terms of Net Tonne Kms. has increased by 292% over that carried in 1980-81. Net Tonne Kms. (Millions) Year Revenue-earning Total traffic traffic 1980-81 147,652 158,474 1990-91 235,785 242,699 2000-01 312,371 315,516 2010-11 625,723 626,473 2015-16 654,481 655,605 2016-17 620,175 620,858 11 3. FREIGHT TRAIN & WAGON KMS. The freight train kms. in 2016-17 totalled 391 millions, an average of 11.4 train kms. per running track km. per day. Wagon kms. were 18,403 millions, of which 64.0% were on loaded journeys. FREIGHT TRAIN KMS. wagon KMS. Year Total Per running + Total Percentage (Millions) track km. (Millions) of loaded per day to total 1980-81 199 7.2 12,165 69.5 1990-91 245 8.5 19,230 65.5 2000-01 261 8.7 27,654 60.9 2010-11 368 11.6 17,749 66.5 2015-16 393 11.69 18,708 64.0 2016-17 391 11.4 18,403 64.0 @ from 2010-11 onward figure in the terms of 8 wheels Loading at Kakinada Port Vijayawada Division SCR 12 4. COMMODITY-WISE LOADING The commodity-wise break-up of revenue-earning originating traffic is given below: COMMODITY-WISE originating tonnage (Millions) Bulk 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commodities Coal 508.06 545.81 551.83 532.83 Iron Ores 124.27 112.77 116.94 137.55 Cement 109.80 109.80 105.35 103.21 Mineral Oils 41.16 41.09 43.24 42.42 Foodgrains 55.10 55.47 45.73 44.86 Fertilisers 44.70 47.41 52.23 48.34 Iron & Steel 38.95 42.84 44.79 52.41 Limestone & 23.53 25.53 Dolomite 20.71 21.20 Stones other 15.04 11.09 than marble (incl. gypsum) 11.61 14.98 Total 954.36 991.37 998.68 998.24 Commodities 102.83 107.91 other than above 97.28 103.89 Grand Total 1,051.64 1,095.26 1,101.51 1,106.15 13 5. COMMODITY-WISE NTKms. The commodity-wise break-up of NTKms. is given below: COMMODITY-WISE NTKms. (Billions) Bulk 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commodities Coal 271.92 301.52 280.70 249.62 Iron Ores 37.22 36.74 32.42 39.74 Cement 60.50 59.08 55.96 54.60 Mineral Oils 29.74 27.22 29.32 28.52 Foodgrains 70.54 66.98 60.13 57.81 Fertilisers 34.50 38.75 43.70 39.22 Iron & Steel 34.95 37.38 40.44 44.03 Limestone & Dolomite 12.20 12.96 13.06 12.91 Stones other than marble (incl.gypsum) 5.79 7.89 7.42 3.65 Total 557.36 588.53 563.15 530.10 Commodities other than above 108.45 93.17 91.33 90.08 Grand Total 665.81 681.70 654.48 620.18 14 6. average LEAD The average lead in kms. of revenue-earning freight traffic over the years was as below: Year Average lead of revenue- Index earning freight traffic (1980-81=100) (Kms.) 1980-81 754 100.0 1990-91 741 98.3 2000-01 660 87.5 2010-11 679 90.1 2015-16 594 78.8 2016-17 561 74.4 15 7.
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