Railways earned ₹15,434 cr. from passenger service during April-Sept. 2021

Passenger fare is highly subsidised and revenue generated is less than operating cost: Minister

December 02, 2021 05:06 am | Updated 05:06 am IST - New Delhi

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.

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