Table 7 : Indian Railways: Assets Utilisation/Efficiency Indicators
	Engine/Train Utilisation					Wagon Utilisation (in terms of 4-wheelers)				Track Utilisation
	Gross	Average Freight Train				Net tonne	Wagon	Net tonne	Wagon	Net tonne	Passenger
Year	Tonne Kms	Speed	Net Load	Net tonne	Net tonne	kms per	kms per	kms per	Turn	kms per	kms.per
	moved per	(kms/hour)	(Tonnes)	kms per	kms per	Wagon per	Wagon	Wagon	Round	Route	Route
	Kilogram			Engine	Train	day	per day	per day	(in days)	km.	km.
	of Tractive			Hour	Hour
	Effort
2003-04	4639	23.3	1526	16723	39770	42237	187.3	2570	6.7	8.14	10.76
2002-03	4790	24.7	1327	14086	32841	40341	204.6	2468	7.0	7.74	10.52
2001-02	4614	24.4	1280	13842	31271	36239	191.6	2223	7.2	7.38	10.13
2000-01	4498	24.1	1233	12850	29752	33289	179.0	2042	7.5	6.96	9.49
1999-00	4456	23.8	1208	12609	28865	33061	177.4	2027	7.7	6.85	8.98
1998-99	4175	23.7	1180	12145	28004	30655	169.1	1904	8.2	6.32	8.40
1997-98	4266	23.8	1175	12104	28042	30903	166.6	1894	8.1	6.52	8.04
1996-97	4355	23.4	1169	11894	27402	30252	157.8	1840	8.5	6.45	7.73
1995-96	4370	23.3	1158	11629	27057	29921	151.2	1792	8.1	6.45	7.55
1994-95	4287	23.0	1100	10909	25507	26736	138.5	1591	9.9	6.06	7.15
1993-94	4272	22.7	1142	10864	25672	25009	125.0	1506	10.6	6.31	6.82
1992-93	4110	22.6	1128	10901	25751	24184	116.4	1457	10.8	6.45	7.06
1991-92	4026	22.7	1119	10911	25704	23940	113.2	1439	11.1	6.63	7.58
1990-91	3873	22.7	1079	10393	24787	23418	110.5	1407	11.5	6.30	7.12
1989-90	3811	22.7	1060	10054	24364	23617	112.1	1428	11.3	6.21	6.76
1988-89	3647	22.8	1042	9902	24156	24107	113.0	1453	11.4	6.12	6.42
1987-88	3589	22.7	1053	9811	24315	24084	109.9	1449	11.6	6.19	6.58
1986-87	3419	22.4	1031	9394	23520	23326	106.6	1420	11.6	5.97	6.29
1985-86	3114	22.3	1001	8812	22660	21165	97.8	1296	12.0	5.46	5.88
1984-85	2917	21.9	922	7726	20547	18942	90.8	1150	12.8	4.85	5.51
1983-84	2765	21.9	892	7442	19839	18349	88.7	1112	13.0	4.82	5.55
1982-83	2759	21.4	898	7259	19606	18455	86.4	1123	12.8	4.79	5.55
1981-82	2498	20.8	911	7007	19251	18366	83.7	1112	13.3	4.77	5.43
1980-81	2372	19.7	884	6295	17677	16285	73.4	986	15.2	4.34	5.15
1970-71	2147	17.9	737	4904	13492	15117	73.4	908	13.3	3.61	2.88
1960-61	1864	16.1	656	4170	10808	16558	76.9	998	11.2	2.76	2.03
1950-51	1525	17.4	489	3283	8590	11833	62.3	710	11.0	1.50	1.77
Source: GOI(2005), Railway Year Book, Railway Board
Wagon Utilisation : A Comparative Picture
	Indian Railways (IR)		French National		German Federal		Italian State		Japaneese National
Year	(Broad Gauge)		Railways (SNCF)		Railways (DBAG)		Railways (FS)		Railways (JR)
	Wagon	Net tonne	Wagon	Net tonne	Wagon	Net tonne	Wagon	Net tonne	Wagon	Net tonne
	kms per	kms per	kms per	kms per	kms per	kms per	kms per	kms per	kms per	kms per
	Wagon	Wagon	Wagon	Wagon	Wagon	Wagon	Wagon	Wagon	Wagon	Wagon
	per day	per day	per day	per day	per day	per day	per day	per day	per day	per day
2000	177.4	2027	73.4	1600	70.6	1115	53.4	962	258.4	3481
1999	169.1	1904	72.3	1483	69.2	1008	46.6	775	252.0	3476
1995	138.5	1591	46.2	944	60.1	766	41.0	701	189.4	2898
1985	90.8	1150	55.7	836	54.7	594	39.8	478	87.3	1240
1983	86.4	1123	46.2	670	47.6	500	34.7	360	109.7	1257
1974	67.2	837	56.9	748	59.6	584	38.8	397	92.4	1088
Source: International Railway Statistics