Train passenger traffic
yields ₹15,434.18 crore
The Railways has earned revenue of ₹15,434.18 crore from passenger services in the first two quarters of the current year as against ₹15,248.49 crore earned from these services in the entire 2020-21 amid curtailed services due to the pandemic. In the pre-pandemic year 2019-20, the revenue generated from the sale of passenger tickets stood at ₹50,669.09 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.