The Eastern Railway (ER) has achieved a near 22% growth in earnings to INR 687 crore in June this year, as compared to the same period last year.
In June 2013, earnings stood at INR 565 crore. According to a release, this is the "best ever June total earnings".
Earnings from goods rose by nearly 23% to INR 449 crore in June this year (INR 366 crore).
Passenger earnings for the June period stood at approximately INR 183 crore, an 18% increase over INR 155 crore reported in June last year.
In the April to June period this year, the loading of edible oil improved by 288.35%, public stone by 58.31%, cement by 42.57%, petroleum oil by 39.36% and container by 28.33%, over the same period last year.