REVENUE GENERATION
The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during 1st April to 20th
December 2011 is Rs. 71613.12 crore registering an increase of 10.20 per cent in comparison to
Rs. 64982.35 crore achieved during the same period last year. During this period, the total goods
earnings have gone up from Rs. 43257.89 crore to Rs. 47653.34 crore, an increase of 10.16
per cent. The total passenger revenue earnings at Rs. 20249.84 crore increased by 9.45 per cent
when compared to Rs. 18501.61 crore during the same period of last year.
The total approximate numbers of passengers booked during the period 1st April to
20th December 2011 were 5986.86 million compared to 5691.04 million during the same
period last year, showing an increase of 5.20 per cent.
Railways have carried 618.00 million tonnes of revenue earning freight traffic during
1st April- to 30th November 2011. The freight carried shows an increase of 24.56 million tonnes
over the freight traffic of 593.44 million tonnes actually carried during the corresponding period
last year, registering an increase of 4.14 per cent.
In the calendar year 2011, Indian Railways has achieved scrap sale of Rs. 3748.68 crore till
November 2011.
RESERVED TICKETING THROUGH MOBILE PHONE
To bring further convenience to the rail users, Indian Railways has offered the service of
booking E-Ticket over the mobile. The detailed procedure of booking through mobile is
available on the IRCTC website namely www.irctc.co.in. Whenever a passenger books
a reserved ticket through Mobile phone, he will receive a message through SMS with full details
of the ticket including PNR, Train No., date of journey, class, etc. This virtual message would
be treated at par with the print-out of the e-ticket which at present is taken out by the
passengers and is known as Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS). Hence, with this virtual message,
passengers would not be required to take a print-out of e-ticket to be carried with them.
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