Railways earnings rose by 10.30% during April to August this year to settle at Rs 41,030.37 crore as against the last year's Rs 37,198.66 crore.
The goods earnings have gone up from Rs 24,760.02 crore during April-August 2010 to Rs 27,435.82 crore during the corresponding period this year, an increase of 0.81%.
The passenger earnings during the first five months of the financial year 2011-12 were Rs 11,692.45 crore compared to Rs 10,592.02 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 10.39%.
The earnings from other coaching amounted to Rs 1152.91 crore during April-August 2011 compared to Rs 1028.59 crore during the same period last year, an increase of 12.09%.
The total number of passengers during April-August 2011 were 3,418.13 million compared to 3,252.59 million during the same period last year, showing an increase of 5.09%.