Table 8 : Indian Railways : Volume of Traffic - Passenger Traffic
	No.of Passengers Originating(in mn)			Passenger Kilometers  (in million)			Passenger  Earnings (Rs.crore)			Average	Average
	Total	Suburban	Non-	Total	Suburban	Non-	Total	Upper	Second	Lead	Rate per
			Suburban			Suburban	Earnings	Class	Class	(in kms)	Passenger -
	(3+4)			(6+7)			(9+10)				km (in paise)
2006-07(B)	6400	3795	2605	682655	122890	559765	16800	3175	13625	106.7	24.61
2005-06®	5818	3450	2368	614452	110612	503840	15130	2863	12267	105.6	24.62
2004-05	5476	3275	2200	575608	104666	470942	14112	2425	11688	105.1	24.52
2003-04	5203	3077	2126	541208	95981	445227	13298	2641	10658	104.0	24.57
2002-03	5048	3029	2019	515044	90266	424778	12575	2597	9978	102.0	24.42
2001-02	5093	2999	2094	490912	92868	398044	11196	2296	8900	95.6	22.81
2000-01	4840	2868	1972	457022	88872	368150	10515	2162	8353	94.6	22.97
1999-00	4641	2826	1814	430666	85066	345600	9581	1887	7694	93.0	22.21
1998-99	4411	2668	1744	403884	82786	321098	8550	1457	7093	91.6	21.10
1997-98	4348	2657	1691	379897	78844	301053	7573	1312	6261	87.4	19.88
1996-97	4153	2578	1575	357013	76543	280470	6633	1109	5524	86.0	18.53
1995-96	4061	2527	1534	341999	73291	268708	6125	1093	5032	85.1	17.87
1994-95	3935	2450	1485	319365	67989	251376	5463	873	4590	81.6	17.09
1993-94	3708	2302	1406	296245	63045	233200	4895	680	4215	79.9	16.51
1992-93	3749	2282	1467	300103	60448	239655	4315	610	3705	80.0	14.37
1991-92	4049	2412	1637	314564	63390	251174	3685	475	3210	77.7	11.70
1990-91	3858	2259	1599	295644	59578	236066	3148	405	2743	76.6	10.64
1989-90	3653	2109	1544	280848	54803	226045	2669	334	2335	76.9	9.49
1988-89	3500	2005	1495	263731	51912	211819	2456	297	2159	75.0	9.30
1987-88	3792	2155	1637	269389	51757	217632	2060	234	1826	70.8	7.64
1986-87	3594	2017	1577	256535	48479	208056	1941	210	1731	71.5	7.56
1985-86	3433	1884	1549	240614	45439	195175	1719	189	1530	70.1	7.15
1984-85	3333	1884	1449	226582	44264	182318	1459	152	1307	67.9	6.43
1983-84	3325	1834	1491	222935	42127	180808	1354	136	1218	67.0	6.06
1982-83	3655	2029	1626	226931	45789	181142	1162	129	1033	62.1	5.12
1981-82	3705	2064	1640	220787	43965	176822	989	110	879	59.6	4.48
1980-81	3613	2000	1613	208558	41086	167472	828	91	737	57.7	3.97
1979-80	3505	1903	1602	198657	38730	159927	739	75	664	56.7	3.72
1977-78	3504	1929	1575	176634	39433	137201	622	60	562	50.4	3.52
1973-74	2654	1437	1217	135664	28037	107627	367	43	324	51.1	2.71
1968-69	2213	1084	1129	106940	19515	87425	265	30	235	48.3	2.48
1965-66	2082	1018	1064	96294	17164	79130	219	27	192	46.2	2.28
1960-61	1594	680	914	77665	11770	65895	132	15	117	48.7	1.71
1955-56	1275	495	780	62400	8165	54235	108	13	95	48.9	1.72
1950-51	1284	412	872	66517	6551	59966	98	13	85	51.8	1.48
CAGR (%)
1951-07	2.9	4.0	2.0	4.2	5.4	4.1	9.6	10.3	9.5	1.3	5.1
2002-07	4.7	4.8	4.5	6.8	5.8	7.1	8.5	6.7	8.9	2.2	1.5
1977-02	4.2	3.1	5.9	6.6	3.9	7.3	11.0	15.7	10.0	2.1	4.2
1992-97	0.5	1.3	-0.8	2.6	3.8	2.2	12.5	18.5	11.5	2.1	9.6
1990-92	-5.0	-6.5	-2.9	-5.5	-7.0	-5.1	-14.9	-16.1	-14.7	-0.5	-9.9
1985-90	1.9	2.3	1.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	12.8	17.1	12.3	2.5	8.1
1980-85	-1.0	-0.2	-2.0	2.7	2.7	2.7	14.6	15.2	14.5	3.7	11.6
1978-80	0.0	-0.7	0.9	6.1	-0.9	8.0	9.0	11.8	8.7	6.1	2.8
1974-78	7.2	7.6	6.7	6.8	8.9	6.3	14.1	8.7	14.7	-0.3	6.8
1969-74	3.7	5.8	1.5	4.9	7.5	4.2	6.7	7.5	6.6	1.1	1.8
1966-69	2.1	2.1	2.0	3.6	4.4	3.4	6.5	3.6	6.9	1.5	2.8
1961-66	5.5	8.4	3.1	4.4	7.8	3.7	10.7	12.5	10.5	-1.0	5.9
1956-61	4.6	6.6	3.2	4.5	7.6	4.0	4.1	2.9	4.2	-0.1	-0.1
1951-56	-0.1	3.7	-2.2	-1.3	4.5	-2.0	1.9	0.0	2.1	-1.1	3.1
Note:	Suburban trafffic includes Metro Railway,Kolkatta
Source:	GOI(2006), Explanatory Memorandum on the Railway Budget - 2006-07, Ministry of Railways,February 24.
	GOI(2004), Railway Year Book, Ministry of Railways