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Rajya Sabha
The actual earnings of the Railways to end of September, 2004 amounted to Rs. 22178.60 crores and ordinary working expenses amounted to Rs. 17451.56 crores. Hence, the net variation is Rs. 453.86 crore.
The growth in passenger traffic (No. of passengers originating) on Indian Railways upto September, 2004 compared to the same period of 2003 is 5.9 per cent and that of freight is 6.9 per cent. However, if target for freight loading is taken into account, the growth is 1.34 per cent.
The details of accidents for the period April to September, 2004 compared with the corresponding period of last year is as under:
April-Sept 04
April-Sept 03
Collisions
5
2
Derailments
71
120
Accidents at Unmanned level Crossings
30
51
Accidents at Manned level Crossings
2
4
Fire in trains
6
8
Miscellaneious
1
4
Total
115
189
All figures are provisional.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railway Shri R. Velu in a written reply to a question from Smt. S. G. Indira in the Rajya Sabha today.
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