Statistical SummaryIndian Railways

As on March 31

2011-12

As on March 31

1950-51

1960-61

1970-71

1980-81

1990-91

2000-01

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2012-13

2013-14

827.0
855.2

1,520.9
1,868.6

3,330.3
4,099.4

6,096.3
7,448.4

16,125.8
22,200.5

43,051.88
63,341.01

59,346.93
98,490.02

65,878.37
1,12,180.41

76,030.69
1,30,168.71

88,521.14
1,51,434.35

1,04,301.25
1,76,726.41

1,23,000.69
2,03,315.37

1,43,220.57
2,31,615.25

1,61,447.97 1,83,488.08
2,57,958.35 2,89,374.87

2,08,844.28
3,24,662.40

388
53,596

748
56,247

3,706
59,790

5,345
61,240

9,968
62,367

14,856
63,028

17,495
63,465

17,907
63,332

17,786
63,327

18,274
63,273

18,559
64,015

18,927
63,974

19,607
64,460

20,275
64,600

20,884
65,436

21,614
65,808

937
59,315
5,976

1,752
63,602
6,523

7,447
71,669
7,066

10,474
75,860
7,035

18,954
78,607
7,100

27,937
81,865
6,843

32,686
84,260
7,133

33,540
84,370
6,974

33,623
85,389
6,909

34,700
85,158
7,025

35,471
86,937
7,030

35,811
87,087
7,083

36,007
87,114
7,133

38,669
89,801
7,146

38,524
89,236
7,172

39,661
89,919
7,112

Assets
@Capital-at-charge (` in crore)
Total Investment (` in crore)
Route kilometres
Electrified
Total
Running Track kms
Electrified
Total
Number of stations
Rolling Stock (in units)
Locomotives:
Steam
Diesel
Electric
Coaching stock
Passenger carriages
EMU / DMU / DHMU
Rail Cars
Other coaching vehicles
Wagons
Personnel
No. of employees (in thousands)
Wage Bill (` in crore)
Average wage per employee (in ` )

Assets

Volume of traffic
Passenger traffic
No. of passengers originating (in millions)
Passenger kms. (in millions)
Passenger earnings (` in crore)
Average lead (in kms.)
Average rate per passenger km. (in paise)
Freight Traffic
Tonnes originating (in millions):
Revenue earning traffic
Total traffic
Net tonne kms. (in millions):
Revenue earning traffic
Total traffic
Earnings from freight carried excl.
wharfage & demurrage charges (` in cr)
Average lead-Total traffic (in kms.)
Average rate per tonne km. (in paise)

@Capital-at-charge (` in crore)
Total Investment (` in crore)

Route kilometres
Electrified
Total
Running Track kms
Electrified
Total
Number of stations

8,120
17
72

10,312
181
131

9,387
1,169
602

7,469
2,403
1,036

2,915
3,759
1,743

54
4,702
2,810

44
4,807
3,065

44
4,793
3,188

43
4,816
3,294

44
4,843
3,443

43
4,963
3,586

42
5,022
3,825

43
5,137
4,033

43
5,197
4,309

43
5,345
4,568

43
5,633
4,823

13,022
460
87
6,059
205,596

20,062
846
116
7,415
307,907

24,591
1,750
85
8,719
383,990

27,410
2,625
68
8,230
400,946

28,677
3,142
24
6,668
346,102

33,236
4,668
22
4,731
222,193

37,087
5,388
38
5,600
222,409

38,156
5,894
40
5,612
207,983

38,855
6,454
41
5,905
207,723

40,696
6,641
38
6,180
204,034

42,079
6,984
38
5,985
212,835

43,526
7,487
37
6,477
220,549

45,048
8,053
34
6,500
229,997

46,688
8,617
34
6,560
239,321

48,037
9,184
35
6,622*
244,818*

50,194
9,371
35
6,792
2,45,267

Rolling Stock (in units)

Locomotives:
Steam
Diesel
Electric
Coaching stock
Passenger carriages
EMU / DMU / DHMU
Rail Cars
Other coaching vehicles
Wagons

914
113.8
1,263

1,157
205.2
1,799

1,374
459.9
3,398

1,572
1,316.7
8,435

1,652
5,166.3
31,864

1,545
18,841.4
121,281

1,424
22,552.7
158,140

1,412
23,919.9
1,69,770

1,398
24,159.08
1,73,799

1,394
25,891.99
1,86,067

1,386
39,993.35
2,90,784

1,362
51,719.42
3,82,472

1,332
51,776.57
3,94,112

1,306
*58,638.28
*4,56,357

1,307
67,004.42*
5,27,295*

1,334
76,241.8
5,88,523

Personnel
No. of employees (in thousands)
Wage Bill (` in crore)
Average wage per employee (in ` )

For the year

For the year

Transportation output
Train kms. (excl.deptt.) (in millions)
Passenger and proportion of mixed
Goods and proportion of mixed
Vehicle and wagon kms. (excl. deptt.
and brake vans) (in millions)
Vehicle kms.
Wagon kms.
NTKms./Wagon day (BG) (8-wheelers)

163.4
111.5

205.1
161.2

248.7
202.4

294.6
199.5

364.5
244.9

453.2
261.1

517.4
283.5

534.4
291.0

551.7
305.4

567.5
325.5

591.2
340.6

624.5
356.0

655.4
368.9

681.5
391.4

703.8*
400.8*

734.1
418.9

2,802
4,370
710

3,799
7,507
998

5,011
10,999
908

6,189
12,165
986

8,585
19,230
1,407

12,067
27,654
2,042

14,261
31,366
2,677

15,004
32,434
2,960

15,741
34,259
3,238

16,714
36,695
3,539

17,588
16,134
8,687

18,678
17,063
9,022

19,646
17,749
9,247

*20,816
19,140
9,261

22,309*
18,912*
9,267

23,542
19,546
8,471

Transportation output
Train kms. (excl.deptt.) (in millions)
Passenger and proportion of mixed
Goods and proportion of mixed
Vehicle and wagon kms. (excl. deptt.
and brake vans) (in millions)
Vehicle kms.
Wagon kms.
NTKms./Wagon day (BG) (8-wheelers)
Volume of traffic

1,284
66,517
98.2
51.8
1.48

1,594
77,665
131.6
48.7
1.71

2,431
118,120
295.5
48.6
2.50

3,613
208,558
827.5
57.7
3.97

3,858
295,644
3,144.7
76.6
10.64

4,833
457,022
10,483.2
94.6
22.94

5,378
575,702
14,072.52
107.0
24.4

5,725
615,614
15,080.77
107.5
24.5

6,219
694,764
17,176.01
111.7
24.7

6,524
769,956
19,783.25
118
25.7

6,920
838,032
21,866.48
121.1
26.09

7,246
903,465
23,414.44
124.7
25.9

7,651
978,508
25,705.64
127.9
26.3

8,224
1,046,522
28,246.43
127.2
27.0

8,421
1,098,103
31,322.84
130.4
28.5

8,397
1,158,742
36,532.25
138.0
31.5

73.2
93.0

119.8
156.2

167.9
196.5

195.9
220.0

318.4
341.4

473.5
504.2

602.1
626.2

666.5
682.4

727.75
744.56

793.89
804.11

833.39
836.61

887.79
892.22

921.73
926.43

969.05
975.16

1,008.09
1,014.15

1,051.64
1,058.81

37,565
44,117

72,333
87,680

110,696
127,358

147,652
158,474

235,785
242,699

312,371
315,516

407.398
411.280

439,596
441,762

480,993
483,422

521,371
523,196

551,448
552,002

600,548
601,290

625,723
626,473

667,607
668,618

649,645*
650,625*

665,810
666,728

139.3
470
3.16

280.5
561
3.87

600.7
648
5.43

1,550.9
720
10.50

8,247.0
711
35.00

23,045.41
626
73.78

30,489.23
657
74.84

35,534.69
647
80.83

41,073.21
649
85.39

46,425.49
651
89.04

51,749.34
660
93.84

56,911.51
674
94.77

60,687.05
676
96.99

67,743.62
686
101.47

83,478.83
642*
128.50*

91,570.85
630
137.53

4,483
1,712,816
4,249.26

4
1,999,262
7,932.65

3
2,080,634
10,157.98

3
2,111,190
10,425.12

3
2,211,531
11,061.5

3
2,284,061
11,684.67

2
2,260,754
12,242.00

2
2,400,467
13,087.31

1
25,16,044
13,571.53

1
27,05,084
13,449.98,

1
26,99,616
13,853.44

1
2,780.900
14,410.7

4,749.2
5,189.3

10,381.8
10,835.2

12,620.61
12,967.32

14,905.04
15,326.09

18,057.0
18,651.4

21,352.1
21,982

26,682
27,495

26,726
27,876

28,017
29,099

28,458
31,359

33,780
36,027

40,258
42,447

12,451.55
11,337.77

36,010.95
34,939.72

49,046.58
43,773.03

56,315.51
48,309.63

64,785.84
50,332.71

73,276.57
54,942.55

81,658.98
72,484.53

89,229.29
83,685.20

96,681.02
90,334.88

106,245.28 1,26,180.43
99,463.68 1,12,565.24

1,43,213.87
1,31,464.80

1,113.78
6.91

1,071.23
2.49

5,273.55
8.89

8,005.88
12.15

14,453.13
19.01

18,334.02
20.71

9,174.45
8.80

5,544.09
4.51

6,346.14
4.43

6,781.60
4.20

13,615.19
7.42

11,749.07
5.63

91.97

98.34

90.98

83.72

78.68

75.94

90.46

95.28

94.59

94.85

90.19

93.6

938.11
(+) 175.67

307.64
(+) 763.59

3,199.32
(+) 2,074.23

3,667.92
(+)4,337.96

4,246.81
(+)10,206.32

4,902.93
(+) 13,431.09

4,717.67
(+) 4,456.78

5,543.34
(+)0.75

4,941.25
(+) 1,404.89

5,656.03
(+)1,125.57

5,348.94
(+)8,266.25

8,008.67
(+)3,740.4

15.26
7.11

17.13
6.96

18.05
7.14

24.11
17.38

24.67
22.49

26.15
23.35

29.39
23.96

30.72
25.79

35.06
29.22

Quantity of fuel consumed by locomotives

Coal (in thousand tonnes)
9,504
14,800
14,338
11,079
Diesel oil (in kilo-litres)
N.A.
62,771
569,025
1,067,477
Electricity (Million KWH)
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
Stores purchases (` in crore)
Indigenous
63.2
158.1
331.1
1,233.3
Total
81.6
177.9
363.7
1,337.1
Operating Revenue and Expenditure (` in cr)
Gross revenue receipts
263.30
460.42
1,006.95
2,703.48
Working expenses incl. depreciation,
215.74
372.55
862.22
2,575.99
etc. and miscellaneous expenses
Net revenue receipts
47.56
87.87
144.73
127.49
Percentage of net revenue receipts
5.75
5.77
4.35
2.09
to the Capital-at-charge
Operating ratio (per cent)
81.00
78.75
84.13
96.07
Dividend to General Revenues and
payment to States in lieu of tax on
passenger fares
32.51
55.86
164.57
325.36
Excess(+)/Shortfall(-)
(+)15.05
(+) 32.01
(-) 19.84
(-) 197.87
Output Cost (BG)
Cost/Vehicle km (` )
N.A.
N.A.
0.84
2.09
Cost/Wagon km (` )
N.A.
0.33
0.57
1.24
@ Includes investment from Capital Fund. Investment during 2012-13 was `38,675.93 crore.

6.05
13.83
3.20
6.52
N.A. Not Available

16.08
6.46

* revised

Passenger traffic
No. of passengers originating (in millions)
Passenger kms. (in millions)
Passenger earnings (` in crore)
Average lead (in kms.)
Average rate per passenger-km. (in paise)
Freight Traffic
Tonnes originating (in millions):
Revenue earning traffic
Total traffic
Net tonne kms. (in millons):
Revenue earning traffic

Total traffic
Earnings from freight carried excl.
wharfage & demurrage charges (` in cr)
Average lead-Total traffic (in kms.)
Average rate per tonne km. (in paise)

Quantity of fuel consumed by locomotives

Coal (in thousand tonnes)
Diesel oil (in kilo-litres)
Electricity (Million KWH)
Stores purchases (` in crore)
Indigenous


Total
Operating Revenue and Expenditure (` in cr)
Gross revenue receipts
Working expenses incl. depreciation,
etc. and miscellaneous expenses

Net revenue receipts
Percentage of net revenue receipts
to the Capital-at-charge
Operating ratio (per cent)
Dividend to General Revenues and
payment to States in lieu of tax on
passenger fares
Excess(+)/Shortfall(-)
Output Cost (BG)
Cost/Vehicle km (`)

Cost/Wagon km (`)