Statistical SummaryIndian Railways

As on March 31

1950-51

1960-61

1970-71

1980-81

1990-91

2000-01

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

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 ` )

As on March 31
Assets

1,23,000.69 1,43,220.57
2,03,315.37 2,31,615.25

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

51,099.09
77,915.78

56,061.79
87,474.50

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

388
53,596

748
56,247

3,706
59,790

5,345
61,240

9,968
62,367

14,856
63,028

16,272
63,122

16,776
63,221

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

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

29,974
82,492
6,906

30,589
83,859
7,031

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

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

52
4,699
2,930

45
4,769
3,004

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

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

34,871
4,957
24
4,904
214,760

35,654
5,278
37
5,519
227,752

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

45,089
8,097
34
6,493
229,381

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

1,472
19,914.8
133,967

1,442
20,928.4
145,040

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

1,328
53,706.96
4,07,448

@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 ` )

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)

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

498.3
274.2

506.5
269.2

517.4
283.5

534.4
291.0

551.7
305.4

567.5
325.5

591.2
340.6

*624.5
356.0

653.7
368.5

2,802
4,370

3,799
7,507

5,011
10,999

6,189
12,165

8,585
19,230

12,067
27,654

13,504
29,584

13,836
28,814

14,261
31,366

15,004
32,434

15,741
34,259

16,714
36,695

17,588
16,134

18,678
17,063

19,646
17,749

710

998

908

986

1,407

2,042

2,468

2,570

2,677

2,960

3,238

3,539

8,687

*9,022

9,247

Volume of traffic
Passenger traffic
No. of passengers originating (in millions)
1,284
Passenger kms. (in millions)
66,517
Passenger earnings (` in crore)
98.2
Average lead (in kms.)
51.8
Average rate per passenger km. (in paise)
1.48
Freight Traffic
Tonnes originating (in millions):
Revenue earning traffic
73.2
Total traffic
93.0
Net tonne kms. (in millions):
Revenue earning traffic
37,565
Total traffic
44,117
Earnings from freight carried excl.
wharfage & demurrage charges
(` in crore)
139.3
Average lead-Total traffic (in kms.)
470
Average rate per tonne km. (in paise)
3.16
Quantity of fuel consumed by locomotives
Coal (in thousand tonnes)
9,504
Diesel oil (in kilo-litres)
N.A.
Electricity (Million KWH)
N.A.
Stores purchases (` in crore)
Indigenous
63.2
Total
81.6
Operating Revenue and Expenditure
(` in crore)
Gross revenue receipts
263.30
Working expenses incl. depreciation,
215.74
etc. and miscellaneous expenses
Net revenue receipts
47.56
Percentage of net revenue receipts
5.75
to the Capital-at-charge
Operating ratio (per cent)
81.00
Dividend to General Revenues and
payment to States in lieu of tax on
passenger fares
32.51
Excess(+)/Shortfall(-)
(+)15.05
Output Cost (BG)
Cost/Vehicle km (` )
N.A.
Cost/Wagon km (` )
N.A.

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

4,971
515,044
12,540.8
103.6
24.35

5,112
541,208
13,259.8
105.9
24.50

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

119.8
156.2

167.9
196.5

195.9
220.0

318.4
341.4

473.5
504.2

518.7
542.7

557.4
581.4

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

72,333
87,680

110,696
127,358

147,652
158,474

235,785
242,699

312,371
315,516

353,194
356,027

381,241
384,074

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

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

26,231.45
656
74.27

27,403.15
661
71.88

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

14,800
62,771
N.A.

14,338
569,025
N.A.

11,079
1,067,477
N.A.

4,483
1,712,816
4,249.26

4
1,999,262
7,932.65

3
2,007,993
9,013.39

3
2,060,396
9,500.61

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
25,23,346
13,621.15

158.1
177.9

331.1
363.7

1,233.3
1,337.1

4,749.2
5,189.3

10,381.8
10,835.2

11,134.9
11,598.3

11,017.5
11,372.0

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

460.42
372.55

1,006.95
862.22

2,703.48
2,575.99

12,451.55
11,337.77

36,010.95
34,939.72

42,741.48
38,911.24

44,910.62
40,432.13

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

87.87
5.77

144.73
4.35

127.49
2.09

1,113.78
6.91

1,071.23
2.49

3,830.23
7.50

4,478.49
7.99

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
4.46

78.75

84.13

96.07

91.97

98.34

92.34

92.13

90.98

83.72

78.68

75.94

90.46

95.28

94.59

55.86
(+) 32.01

164.57
(-) 19.84

325.36
(-) 197.87

938.11
(+) 175.67

307.64
(+) 763.59

2,714.83
(+) 1,115.40

3,387.08
(+) 1,091.41

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

N.A.
0.33

0.84
0.57

2.09
1.24

6.05
3.20

13.83
6.52

14.72
7.75

17.18
6.42

16.08
6.46

15.26
7.11

17.13
6.96

18.05
7.14

24.11
17.38

@ Includes investment from Capital Fund. Investment upto latest year 2010-11 was `37,805.23 crore.

Excludes earnings pertaining to Metro Railway, Kolkata for the years 2009-10 & 2010-11 at ` 73.73 and ` 86.98 crore, respectively.

* revised

5,543.34
4,941.25
(+)0.75 (+) 1,404.89
24.67
22.49

26.15
23.35

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 crore)
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 crore)
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 (`)