| Table 5: Indian Railways : Volume of Traffic :Freight Traffic | ||||||||
| Tonne Originating(mn) | Net Tonne-kms (bn) | Earnings | Average | Average | Average | |||
| Total | Revenue | Total | Revenue | from | Lead | Lead | Rate per | |
| Traffic | Earning | Traffic | Earning | Freight | Total | Revenue | Tonne-km | |
| Traffic | Traffic | Traffic | Traffic | Earning | (in paise) | |||
| (Rs crore) | (in kms) | Traffic | ||||||
| (in kms) | ||||||||
| 2006-07(B) | 726.0 | 479.5 | 40320.0 | 660 | 84.1 | |||
| 2005-06® | 668.0 | 440.9 | 36490.0 | 660 | 82.8 | |||
| 2004-05 | 626.2 | 602.1 | 411.3 | 407.4 | 30778.4 | 657 | 677 | 75.5 |
| 2003-04 | 581.4 | 557.4 | 384.1 | 381.2 | 27618.0 | 661 | 684 | 72.5 |
| 2002-03 | 542.7 | 518.7 | 356.0 | 353.2 | 26505.0 | 656 | 681 | 75.0 |
| 2001-02 | 522.2 | 492.5 | 336.4 | 333.2 | 24845.4 | 644 | 677 | 74.6 |
| 2000-01 | 504.2 | 473.5 | 315.5 | 312.4 | 23305.1 | 626 | 660 | 74.6 |
| 1999-00 | 478.2 | 456.4 | 308.0 | 305.2 | 21755.0 | 644 | 669 | 71.3 |
| 1998-99 | 441.6 | 420.9 | 284.3 | 281.5 | 19675.8 | 644 | 669 | 69.9 |
| 1997-98 | 445.4 | 429.4 | 286.8 | 284.2 | 19595.0 | 644 | 662 | 68.9 |
| 1996-97 | 423.4 | 409.0 | 280.0 | 277.6 | 16354.2 | 661 | 679 | 58.9 |
| 1995-96 | 405.5 | 390.7 | 273.5 | 270.5 | 14972.8 | 675 | 692 | 55.4 |
| 1994-95 | 381.5 | 365.0 | 253.0 | 249.6 | 13423.6 | 663 | 684 | 53.8 |
| 1993-94 | 377.5 | 358.7 | 257.1 | 252.4 | 12275.5 | 681 | 704 | 48.6 |
| 1992-93 | 370.9 | 350.1 | 258.1 | 252.4 | 10663.8 | 696 | 721 | 42.3 |
| 1991-92 | 360.0 | 338.0 | 256.9 | 250.2 | 9293.1 | 714 | 740 | 37.1 |
| 1990-91 | 341.4 | 318.4 | 242.7 | 235.8 | 8247.0 | 711 | 741 | 35.0 |
| 1989-90 | 334.3 | 310.0 | 236.9 | 229.6 | 7460.8 | 709 | 741 | 32.5 |
| 1988-89 | 329.5 | 302.1 | 230.1 | 222.4 | 6196.7 | 698 | 736 | 27.9 |
| 1987-88 | 318.5 | 290.2 | 231.2 | 222.5 | 5839.2 | 726 | 767 | 26.2 |
| 1986-87 | 307.3 | 277.8 | 223.1 | 214.1 | 4990.7 | 726 | 771 | 23.3 |
| 1985-86 | 286.4 | 258.5 | 205.9 | 196.6 | 4232.2 | 719 | 761 | 21.5 |
| 1984-85 | 264.8 | 236.4 | 182.2 | 172.6 | 3465.0 | 688 | 730 | 20.1 |
| 1983-84 | 258.0 | 230.1 | 178.4 | 168.8 | 3234.3 | 692 | 734 | 19.2 |
| 1982-83 | 256.0 | 228.8 | 177.8 | 167.8 | 2865.9 | 695 | 733 | 17.1 |
| 1981-82 | 245.8 | 221.2 | 174.2 | 164.3 | 2250.3 | 709 | 743 | 13.7 |
| 1980-81 | 220.0 | 195.9 | 158.5 | 147.7 | 1550.9 | 720 | 754 | 10.5 |
| 1979-80 | 217.8 | 193.1 | 156.0 | 144.6 | 1394.1 | 716 | 749 | 9.6 |
| 1977-78 | 237.3 | 210.8 | 162.7 | 150.3 | 1298.6 | 686 | 713 | 8.6 |
| 1973-74 | 184.9 | 162.1 | 122.4 | 109.4 | 644.2 | 662 | 675 | 5.9 |
| 1968-69 | 204.1 | 170.8 | 125.1 | 108.1 | 549.0 | 613 | 633 | 5.1 |
| 1965-66 | 203.0 | 162.0 | 116.9 | 99.0 | 452.4 | 576 | 611 | 4.6 |
| 1960-61 | 156.2 | 119.8 | 87.7 | 72.3 | 280.5 | 561 | 604 | 3.9 |
| 1955-56 | 165.9 | 92.2 | 59.6 | 50.4 | 177.4 | 359 | 547 | 3.5 |
| 1950-51 | 93.0 | 73.2 | 44.1 | 37.6 | 139.3 | 474 | 513 | 3.2 |
| CAGR (%) | ||||||||
| 1951-07 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 2002-07 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 10.2 | 0.6 | -0.5 | 2.4 |
| 1977-02 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 8.7 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 4.8 |
| 1992-97 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 12.0 | -1.5 | -1.7 | 9.7 |
| 1990-92 | -3.6 | -4.2 | -4.0 | -4.2 | -10.4 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -6.5 |
| 1985-90 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 16.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.1 |
| 1980-85 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 20.0 | -0.8 | -0.5 | 15.8 |
| 1978-80 | -4.2 | -4.3 | -2.1 | -1.9 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 5.6 |
| 1974-78 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 19.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 10.1 |
| 1969-74 | -2.0 | -1.0 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 1966-69 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 1961-66 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| 1956-61 | -1.2 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 1951-56 | 12.3 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.0 | -5.4 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| Notes: | B : Budget estimates and R : Revised estimates | |||||||
| na : Means not available or not relevant | ||||||||
| Data includes both suburban and non-suburban traffic | ||||||||
| Source: | GOI(2006), Explanatory Memorandum on the Railway Budget - 2006-07,Ministry of Railways | |||||||
| GOI(2004), Railway Year Book, Ministry of Railways | ||||||||