| Table 6: Indian Railways : Volume of Traffic - Freight Traffic: Commodity-Wise | |||||||||||||||
| Revenue Earning Freight Traffic (Million Tonnes) | |||||||||||||||
| Revenue | Bulk Commodities | Smalls | |||||||||||||
| Earning | Total | of which: | |||||||||||||
| Freight | Coal | Metallic Ores | Cement | Mineral Oil | Fertilisers | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||||||
| 2006-07(B) | 726.0 | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | |||||||
| 2005-06® | 688.0 | (0.0) | 276.0 | (40.1) | (0.0) | 60.0 | (8.7) | 32.0 | (4.7) | 31.0 | (4.5) | (0.0) | |||
| 2004-05 | 602.0 | (0.0) | 269.0 | (44.7) | (0.0) | 54.5 | (9.1) | 32.0 | (5.3) | 29.5 | (4.9) | (0.0) | |||
| 2003-04 | 557.4 | 529.7 | (95.0) | 261.8 | (47.0) | 85.1 | (15.3) | 49.3 | (8.8) | 31.5 | (5.7) | 23.7 | (4.3) | 27.7 | (5.0) |
| 2002-03 | 518.8 | 495.8 | (95.6) | 235.9 | (45.5) | 70.8 | (13.6) | 46.3 | (8.9) | 34.1 | (6.6) | 26.5 | (5.1) | 23.0 | (4.4) |
| 2001-02 | 493.0 | 470.3 | (95.4) | 229.8 | (46.6) | 64.5 | (13.1) | 44.0 | (8.9) | 35.6 | (7.2) | 27.2 | (5.5) | 22.7 | (4.6) |
| 2000-01 | 473.6 | 454.4 | (95.9) | 223.7 | (47.2) | 61.3 | (12.9) | 42.9 | (9.1) | 36.2 | (7.6) | 27.0 | (5.7) | 19.2 | (4.1) |
| 1999-00 | 456.4 | 439.2 | (96.2) | 210.0 | (46.0) | 53.2 | (11.7) | 43.6 | (9.6) | 34.3 | (7.5) | 31.1 | (6.8) | 17.2 | (3.8) |
| 1998-99 | 420.9 | 406.3 | (96.5) | 197.6 | (46.9) | 50.2 | (11.9) | 36.8 | (8.7) | 33.0 | (7.8) | 27.8 | (6.6) | 14.6 | (3.5) |
| 1997-98 | 429.4 | 416.0 | (96.9) | 208.8 | (48.6) | 52.4 | (12.2) | 37.4 | (8.7) | 30.7 | (7.1) | 26.7 | (6.2) | 13.4 | (3.1) |
| 1996-97 | 409.1 | 393.7 | (96.2) | 196.2 | (48.0) | 48.4 | (11.8) | 34.1 | (8.3) | 28.5 | (7.0) | 21.2 | (5.2) | 15.4 | (3.8) |
| 1995-96 | 390.7 | 375.2 | (96.0) | 184.4 | (47.2) | 47.2 | (12.1) | 32.1 | (8.2) | 28.9 | (7.4) | 23.7 | (6.1) | 15.5 | (4.0) |
| 1994-95 | 365.0 | 350.9 | (96.1) | 172.4 | (47.2) | 44.9 | (12.3) | 31.5 | (8.6) | 27.7 | (7.6) | 21.5 | (5.9) | 14.1 | (3.9) |
| 1993-94 | 358.7 | 344.3 | (96.0) | 167.0 | (46.6) | 41.2 | (11.5) | 32.5 | (9.1) | 26.0 | (7.2) | 19.5 | (5.4) | 14.4 | (4.0) |
| 1992-93 | 350.1 | 335.2 | (95.7) | 157.7 | (45.0) | 41.4 | (11.8) | 30.4 | (8.7) | 26.4 | (7.5) | 18.9 | (5.4) | 14.9 | (4.3) |
| 1991-92 | 338.0 | 322.7 | (95.5) | 146.4 | (43.3) | 40.9 | (12.1) | 30.8 | (9.1) | 25.6 | (7.6) | 18.6 | (5.5) | 15.3 | (4.5) |
| 1990-91 | 318.5 | 301.2 | (94.6) | 135.2 | (42.4) | 37.6 | (11.8) | 28.9 | (9.1) | 25.0 | (7.8) | 18.4 | (5.8) | 17.3 | (5.4) |
| 1989-90 | 310.0 | 291.9 | (94.2) | 130.2 | (42.0) | 38.6 | (12.5) | 27.5 | (8.9) | 24.3 | (7.8) | 17.0 | (5.5) | 18.1 | (5.8) |
| 1988-89 | 302.1 | 284.4 | (94.1) | 128.0 | (42.4) | 35.6 | (11.8) | 25.9 | (8.6) | 22.6 | (7.5) | 16.1 | (5.3) | 17.7 | (5.9) |
| 1987-88 | 290.2 | 272.9 | (94.0) | 119.8 | (41.3) | 33.9 | (11.7) | 22.3 | (7.7) | 21.7 | (7.5) | 13.2 | (4.5) | 17.3 | (6.0) |
| 1986-87 | 277.8 | 259.1 | (93.3) | 109.5 | (39.4) | 34.2 | (12.3) | 19.8 | (7.1) | 19.9 | (7.2) | 14.5 | (5.2) | 18.7 | (6.7) |
| 1985-86 | 264.9 | 239.9 | (90.6) | 101.6 | (38.4) | 32.0 | (12.1) | 18.0 | (6.8) | 18.6 | (7.0) | 13.6 | (5.1) | 25.0 | (9.4) |
| 1984-85 | 236.4 | 212.5 | (89.9) | 91.6 | (38.7) | 29.9 | (12.6) | 16.9 | (7.1) | 18.2 | (7.7) | 12.1 | (5.1) | 23.9 | (10.1) |
| 1983-84 | 230.1 | 205.5 | (89.3) | 89.0 | (38.7) | 27.3 | (11.9) | 16.6 | (7.2) | 18.0 | (7.8) | 8.2 | (3.6) | 24.6 | (10.7) |
| 1982-83 | 228.8 | 201.0 | (87.8) | 82.4 | (36.0) | 29.4 | (12.8) | 12.8 | (5.6) | 17.3 | (7.6) | 8.5 | (3.7) | 27.8 | (12.2) |
| 1981-82 | 221.2 | 192.0 | (86.8) | 75.8 | (34.3) | 30.8 | (13.9) | 10.8 | (4.9) | 16.6 | (7.5) | 9.6 | (4.3) | 29.2 | (13.2) |
| 1980-81 | 195.9 | 167.7 | (85.6) | 64.1 | (32.7) | 28.0 | (14.3) | 9.6 | (4.9) | 15.0 | (7.7) | 8.1 | (4.1) | 28.2 | (14.4) |
| 1979-80 | 193.1 | 163.8 | (84.8) | 62.0 | (32.1) | 26.7 | (13.8) | 10.0 | (5.2) | 14.3 | (7.4) | 8.2 | (4.2) | 29.3 | (15.2) |
| 1978-79 | 199.7 | 169.4 | (84.8) | 64.1 | (32.1) | 28.7 | (14.4) | 12.3 | (6.2) | 14.3 | (7.2) | 8.6 | (4.3) | 30.3 | (15.2) |
| 1977-78 | 210.8 | 178.9 | (84.9) | 69.2 | (32.8) | 29.1 | (13.8) | 13.6 | (6.5) | 13.1 | (6.2) | 8.2 | (3.9) | 31.9 | (15.1) |
| 1976-77 | 212.6 | 178.7 | (84.1) | 67.4 | (31.7) | 29.6 | (13.9) | 13.7 | (6.4) | 12.4 | (5.8) | 7.8 | (3.7) | 33.9 | (15.9) |
| 1975-76 | 197.0 | 163.1 | (82.8) | 64.3 | (32.6) | 28.3 | (14.4) | 11.6 | (5.9) | 11.7 | (5.9) | 7.2 | (3.7) | 33.9 | (17.2) |
| 1970-71 | 167.9 | 138.2 | (82.3) | 47.9 | (28.5) | 24.1 | (14.4) | 11.0 | (6.6) | 8.9 | (5.3) | 4.7 | (2.8) | 29.7 | (17.7) |
| 1965-66 | 162.0 | 131.9 | (81.4) | 46.4 | (28.6) | 20.2 | (12.5) | 8.6 | (5.3) | 7.5 | (4.6) | 4.1 | (2.5) | 30.1 | (18.6) |
| 1960-61 | 119.7 | 90.9 | (75.9) | 30.9 | (25.8) | 12.4 | (10.4) | 6.5 | (5.4) | 4.7 | (3.9) | 1.8 | (1.5) | 28.8 | (24.1) |
| 1955-56 | 92.2 | 59.8 | (64.9) | 22.7 | (24.6) | 5.8 | (6.3) | 4.0 | (4.3) | 3.3 | (3.6) | 32.4 | (35.1) | ||
| 1950-51 | 73.2 | 46.3 | (63.3) | 20.2 | (27.6) | 3.9 | (5.3) | 2.4 | (3.3) | 2.4 | (3.3) | 26.9 | (36.7) | ||
| CAGG (%) | |||||||||||||||
| 1951-07 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 0.1 | |||||||
| 2002-07 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 14.9 | 8.1 | -2.6 | 3.3 | 10.5 | |||||||
| 1997-02 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 8.1 | |||||||
| 1990-95 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |||||||
| 1985-90 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 7.0 | -5.4 | |||||||
| 1980-85 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 2.3 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 8.1 | -4.0 | |||||||
| 2001-07 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 11.6 | 6.9 | -2.4 | 2.8 | 13.0 | |||||||
| 1991-01 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 1.0 | |||||||
| 1981-91 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 8.6 | -4.8 | |||||||
| 1971-81 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | -1.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | -0.5 | |||||||
| 1961-71 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 0.3 | |||||||
| 1961-51 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 4.3 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||