New Delhi: The Indian Railways is on track to record the best-ever performance in its recorded history regarding the output from the freight business, total revenue, and track laying in this financial year, New Delhi said.

As per the preliminary data, the railways crossed an originating freight loading of 1500 MT on March 15, the railway ministry said in a statement. Previously, the railways had achieved the best-ever freight loading of 1512 MT during FY 2022-23.

During this fiscal year, total revenue of Indian Railways stood at Rs 2.40 lakh crores on Friday. In contrast, the total revenue was Rs 2.23 lakh crores till the same date last year.

Meanwhile, the total expenditure of the Indian Railways stands at Rs 2.26 lakh crores in this FY 2023-24.

Total passengers who travelled this financial year stood at 648 crore, an increment of 52 crore when compared to the figures of the same period from last year. Last year, altogether 596 crore people journeyed via the Indian Railways.

In this financial year, Indian Railways has laid 5100 km of new tracks, with an average of 14 km each day.