Extracted Data Points

  • Indian Railways loaded 145 million tonnes of freight up to May 2026.
  • This represents a 1.3% increase over the corresponding period last year.
  • Growth was led by strong performance in Iron Ore, Steel, Fertilizers and Balance Other Goods segments.
  • Balance Other Goods registered a robust growth of 16%.
  • Iron Ore loading increased by 4.8%.
  • Pig Iron & Finished Steel loading grew by 3.5%.
  • Loading of fertilizers recorded healthy growth of 6.2%.
  • Coal loading increased by nearly 1% over the previous year.
  • Coal constitutes the largest share of railway freight traffic.
  • Indian Railways carried over 61 crore passengers during May 2026.
  • This compares to around 59 crore passengers in the corresponding period last year.
  • The Non-Suburban passenger segment recorded a 7.4% increase.
  • Non-Suburban passenger numbers rose from 28 crore to 30 crore.
  • Indian Railways is currently operating 164 Vande Bharat services.
  • The number of Amrit Bharat services has reached 68.
  • Three new Amrit Bharat services were inaugurated during May 2026.
  • A Sleeper Vande Bharat service was recently introduced between Howrah and Kamakhya.