Kolkata: The Eastern Railway on Tuesday said that it has earned a total revenue of Rs 10,501.99 crore in the 2022-23 financial year, registering a 21.17 percent growth over Rs 8,667.12 crore mop-up in the previous fiscal.
In passenger revenue, ER has earned Rs 3,272.67 crore in FY23 as against Rs 2,130.57 crore in 2021-22, which is an increase of 53.61 percent, the Kolkata-headquartered zonal railway said in a statement. Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic's second and third waves, the movement of people was lesser in 2021-22.

'Eastern Railway has earned a total revenue of Rs 10,501.99 cr'

"Eastern Railway has earned a total revenue of Rs 10,501.99 crore during the financial year 2022-23 as against Rs 8,667.12 crore earned during the financial year 2021-22, registering a growth of 21.17 percent," it said.
ER carried 1,094.20 million passengers in the financial year that ended on March 31, up by 54.29 percent from 709.319 million carried in the previous fiscal, it said.

Zonal railway garnered Rs 6,514.63 cr in 2022-23

From goods revenue, the zonal railway garnered Rs 6,514.63 crore in 2022-23 in comparison to Rs 6,023.13 crore drawn during the previous financial year, thereby registering a growth of 8.16 percent, it said.

In the field of sundry revenue earnings, the Eastern Railway clocked a turnover of Rs 423.95 crore in FY23 as against Rs 222.75 crore in 2021-22, registering an increase of 90.33 percent over the previous financial year, the statement said. In parcel and luggage carrying, the zonal railway has managed to achieve earnings to the tune of Rs 107.69 crore in 2022-23 as against Rs 95.69 crore in FY22, which is an increase of 12.53 percent.

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