Statistical Summary-Indian Railways

As on March 31 1950-51 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1990-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 As on March 31
Assets
Assests
Capital-at change @ (Rs. in crores) 827.0 1,520.9 3,330.3 6,096.3 16,125.8 22,620.6 24,924.8 27,712.9 30,911.77 33,846.33 36,829.34 39,772.06 43,051.88 47,147.35 51,099.09 Capital-atcharge @ (Rs. in crores)
Total Investment (Rs. in crores) 855.2 1,868.6 4,099.4 7,488.4 22,200.5 32,212.0 35,618.2 39,816.0 44,627.30 49,057.80 53,657.6 58,353.4 63,341.01 70,117.47 77,915.78 Total Investment (Rs. in crores)
Route kilometres- Route kilometres-
  Electrified 388 748 3,706 5,345 9,968 11,260 11,772 12,306 13,018 13,490 13,765 14,261 14,856 15,994 16,273   Electrified
  Total 53,596 56,247 59,790 61,240 62,367 62,462 62,660 62,915 62,725 62,495 62,809 62,759 63,028 63,140 63,122   Total
 
  Running Track kms-   Running Track kms-
  Electrified 937 1,752 7,447 10,474 18,954 21,223 21,866 22,684 24,101 25,238 25,773 26,809 27,937 29,567 29,974   Electrified
  Total 59,315 63,602 71,669 75,860 78,607 79,188 79,495 80,441 80,754 80,908 81,511 81,252 81,865 82,354 82,492   Total
Number of stations 5,976 6,523 7,066 7,035 7,100 7,050 7,056 7,068 6,984 6,929 6,896 6,867 6,843 6,931** 6,906 Number of stations
Rolling Stock (in units)-
Locomotives
  Steam 8,120 10,312 9,387 7,469 2,915 911 358 209 85 64 58 56 54 53 52 Steam
  Diesel 17 181 1,169 2,403 3,759 4,192 4,259 4,313 4,363 4,496 4,586 4,651 4,702 4,815 4,699   Diesel
  Electric 72 131 602 1,036 1,743 2,117 2,302 2,387 2,527 2,646 2,785 2,810 2,810 2,871 2,930   Electric
Coaching stock-
  Passenger carriage 13,022 20,062 24,591 27,410 28,677 30,537 30,036 29,472 29,978 30,739 31,554 32,208 33,236 34,338 34,871   Passenger carriages
  EMU/DEMU/DHMU coaches 460 846 1,750 2,625 3,142 3,537 3,618 3,691 3,846 3,971 4,076 4,266 4,668 4,879* 4,957   EMU/DEMU/DHMU coaches
  Rail Cars 87 116 85 68 24 24 24 24 24 24 20 17 22 25** 24   Rail Cars
  Other coaching vehicles 6,059 7,415 8,719 8,230 6,668 5,955 5,536 5,694 5,460 5,432 5,338 4,891 4,731 4,827 4,904   Other coaching vehicles
Wagons 205,596 307,907 383,990 400,946 346,102 312,405 291,360 280,791 272,144 263,981 252,944 234,397 222,193 216,717 214,760 Wagons
Personnel Personnel
  No. of employees (in thousands) 914 1,157 1,374 1,572 1,652 1,625 1,602 1,587 1,584 1,579 1,578 1,577 1,545 1,511 1,472   No. of employees (in thousands)
  Wage Bill (Rs. in crores) 113.8 205.2 459.9 1,316.7 5,166.3 7,286.5 8,076.9 9,363.0 10,514.5 14,140.9 15,610.6 16,288.7 18,841.4 19,214.1** 19,914.8   Wage Bill (Rs. in crores)
  Average wage per employee (in Rs.) 1,263 1,799 3,398 8,435 31,864 45,709 50,777 59,116 66,645 89,669 98,731 102,948 121,281 126,167** 133,967   Average wage oer employee (in Rs.)
For the year For the year
Transportation output Transportation output
  Train kms. (excl.deptt.)(in millions)-   Train kms. (excl.deptt.)(in millions)-
  Passenger and proportion of mixed 163.4 205.1 248.7 294.6 364.5 383.3 394.8 404.0 409.5 418.7 434.1 445.7 453.2 477.8* 498.3   Passenger and proportion of mixed
  Goods and proportion of mixed 111.5 161.2 202.4 199.5 244.9 243.9 240.9 245.8 249.5 250.5 246.2 260.6 261.1 268.5 274.2   Goods and proportion of mixed
Vehicle and wagon kms.(excl. deptt. Vehicle and wagon kms.(excl. deptt.
and brake vans) (in millions)- and brake vans) (in millions)-
  Vehicle kms. 2,802 3,799 5,011 6,189 8,585 9,367 9,666 9,921 10,060 10,410 11,022 11,699 12,067 12,779** 13,504   Vehicle kms.
  Wagon kms. 4,370 7,507 10,999 12,165 19,230 21,326 22,001 23,106 24,104 25,234 25,240 27,003 27,654 29,012 29,584   Wagon kms.
NTKms./Wagon day (BG) NTKms./Wagon day (BG)
  (4-wheelers) 710 998 908 986 1,407 1,506 1,591 1,792 1,840 1,894 1,904 2,027 2,042 2,223 2,468   (4-wheelers)
Volume of traffic Volume of traffic
Passenger traffic- Passenger traffic-
No of passenger originating(in millions) 1,284 1,594 2,431 3,613 3,858 3,708 3,915 4,018 4,153 4,348 4,411 4,585 4,833 5,093 4,971 No. of passenger originating(in millions)
  Passenger kms. (in millions) 66,517 77,665 118,120 208,558 295,644 296,245 319,365 341,999 357,013 379,897 403,666 430,666 457,022 490,912** 515,044 Passenger kms. (in millions)
  Passenger earnings*(Rs. in crores) 98.2 131.6 295.5 827.5 3,144.7 4,891.2 5,458.80 6,113.00 6,616.10 7,554.00 8,526.70 9,555.60 10,483.20 11,162.3** 12,540.80 Passenger earnings* (Rs. in crores)
 Average lead (in kms.) 51.8 48.7 48.6 57.7 76.6 79.9 81.6 85.1 86 87.4 91.6 93.9 94.6 96.4** 103.6 Average lead (in kms.)
 Ave. rate per passenger km.(in paise) 1.48 1.71 2.5 3.97 10.64 16.51 17.09 17.87 18.53 19.88 21.11 22.19 22.94 22.74** 24.35  Ave. rate per passenger km.(in paise)
Freight Traffic- Freight Traffic-
  Tonnes orginating (in millions): Tonnes originating (in millions):
  Revenue earning traffic 73.2 119.8 167.9 195.9 318.4 358.7 365.0 390.7 409 429.4 420.9 456.4 473.5 492.5 518.7 Revenue earning traffic
  Total traffic 93.0 156.2 196.5 220.0 341.4 377.5 381.5 405.5 423.4 445.5 441.6 478.2 504.2 522.2 542.7   Total traffic
  Net tonne kms. (in millions):   Net tonne kms. (in millions):
  Revenue earning traffic 37,565 72,333 110,696 147,652 235,785 252,411 249,564 270,489 277,567 284,249 281,513 305,201 312,371 333,228 353,194   Revenue earning traffic
  Total traffic 44,117 87,680 127,358 158,474 242,699 257,130 252,967 273,516 279,992 286,771 284,270 308,039 315,516 336,445 356,027 Total traffic
  Earnings from freight carried excl.   Earnings from freight carried excl.
  wharfage & demurrage charges   wharfage & demurrage charges
  (Rs. in crores) 139.3 280.5 600.7 1,550.9 8,247.0 12,275.5 13,423.6 14,972.8 16,354.2 19,595.0 19,675.8 21,754.99 23,045.41 24,586.79 26,231.45   (Rs. in crores)
  Average lead-Total traffic (in kms.) 470 561 648 720 711 681 663 675 661 644 644 644 626 644 656   Average lead-Total traffic (in kms.)
  Average rate per tonne km.(in paise) 3.16 3.87 5.43 10.5 35.00 48.63 53.79 55.35 58.92 68.94 69.89 71.28 73.78 73.78 74.27   Average rate per tonne km.(in paise)
Quantity of fuel consumed by locomotives Quantity of fuel consumed by locomotives
  Coal (in thousand tonnes) 9,504 14,800 14,338 11,079 4,483 1,749 601 240 123 43 19 10 4 3 3   Coal (in thousand tonnes)
  Diesel oil (in kilo-litres) N.A. 62,771 569,025 1,067,477 1,712,816 1,782,985 1,819,464 1,847,748 1,859,443 1,874,139 1,90,804 1,983,427 1,999,262 1,970,723 2,007,993   Diesel oil (in kilo-litres)
  Electricity (Million KWH) N.A. N.A. N.A N.A 4,249.26 5,450.34 5,824.45 6,267,64 6,599.38 7,137.07 7,299.34 7,153.45 7,932.65 8,365.46 9,013.39   Electricity (Million KWH)
Stores purchase (Rs. in crores) Stores purchases (Rs. in crores)
  Indigenous 63.2 158.1 331.1 1,233.3 4,749.2 6,193.80 5,916.6 6,265.7 8,187.9 7,764.1 8,562.1 8,604.1 10,381.8 10,565.2 11,134.9   Indigenous
  Total traffic 81.6 177.9 363.7 1,337.1 5,189.3 6,592.6 6,228.5 6,487.8 8,526.3 8,055.3 9,114.2 9,398.4 10,835.2 10,950.4 11,598.3 Total
Operating Revenue and Expenditure Operating Revenue and Expenditure
(Rs. in crores) (Rs. in crores)
  Gross revenue receipts 263.3 460.42 1,006.95 2,703.48 12,451.55 18,363.30 20,529.11 22,813.84 24,801.31 29,134.23 30,233.95 33,855.68 36,010.95 39,357.81 42,741.48   Gross revenue receipts
  Working expenses incl. Depreciation,   Working expenses incl. Depreciation,
  etc. and miscellaneous expenses 215.74 372.55 862.22 2,575.99 11,337.77 15,261.17 16,721.00 18,678.77 21,176.79 26,109.80 28,092.79 31,120.01 34,939.72 37,020.28 38,911.24   etc. and miscellaneous expenses
  Net revenue receipts 47.56 87.87 144.73 127.49 1,113.78 3,102.13 3,808.11 4,135.07 3,624.52 3,024.43 2,141.16 2,735.67 1,071.23 2,337.53 3,830.23 Net revenue receipts
  Percentage of net revenue receipts   Percentage of net revenue receipts
  to the Capital-at-charge 5.75 5.77 4.35 2.09 6.91 13.71 15.28 14.92 11.73 8.94 5.81 6.88 2.49 4.96 7.50   to the Capital-at-charge
  Operating ratio (per cent) 81 78.75 84.13 96.07 91.97 82.93 82.64 82.45 86.22 90.92 93.34 93.31 98.34 96.02 92.34   Operating ratio (per cent)
  Dividend to General Revenues and   Dividend to General Revenues and
  payment to States in lieu of tax on   payment to States in lieu of tax on
  passenger fares 32.51 55.86 164.57 325.36 938.11 1,296.05 1,361.71 1,264.44 1,507.46 1,489.21 1,742.08 1,889.78 307.64 1,337.18 2,714.83   passenger fares
Excess(+)/Shortfall(-) (+)15.05 (+)32.01 (-)19.84 (-)197.87 (+)175.67 (+)1,806.08 (+)2,446.40 (+)2,870.63 (+)2,117.06 (+)1,535.22 (+)399.08 (+)845.89 (+)763.59 (+)1,000.35 (+)1,115.40 Excess(+)/Shortfall(-)
Out-put Cost (BG) Out-put Cost (BG)
  Cost/vehicle km (Rs.) N.A. N.A. 0.84 2.09 6.05 7.41 7.79 8.56 9.62 11.52 11.95 12.33 13.83 14.45 14.72   Cost/vehicle km (Rs.)
  Cost/Wagon km (Rs.) N.A. 0.33 0.57 1.24 3.2 3.86 4.08 4.36 4.72 5.42 5.93 6 6.52 6.43 7.75   Cost/Wagon km (Rs.)
* Excludes earnings pertaining to Metro Rly., Kolkata. These earnings for latest years 2001-02 & 2002-03 were Rs. 34.20 crores respectively.  N.A. - Not available           @ Includes investment from Capital Fund. Investment upto latest year 2002-03 was Rs. 10, 389.83 crores.  ** revised