
Indian Railway Fact: Indian Railways is the fourth largest rail network in the world and Asia. Through this, lakhs of people travel from one place to another every day. Thousands of trains run every day across the country, which include mail express, passenger trains, local, DMU coaches and trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto and Vande Bharat Express.
Indian Railways earns big money from this train
Indian Railways earns a lot from the transportation of goods, but a large part of its income also comes from the sale of tickets. Indian Railways gives 46 percent subsidy on tickets to every passenger. Under this, a subsidy of Rs 56,993 crore is given to all categories of passengers in a year. But do you know which train earns the most for Indian Railways? You must be thinking of Vande Bharat or Shatabdi Express, whereas it is not so. Rajdhani Express earns the most for Indian Railways. This is the most profitable train for Northern Railway.
This train made the Railways rich
According to the data given by Indian Railways, Railways earns the most from KSR Bengaluru Rajdhani Express, which travels from Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi to KSR Bengaluru City Junction. This train has earned Rs 1,76,06,66,339 in the financial year 2022-23. During this period, 509,510 passengers traveled in the train.
This is also no less in terms of earnings
- Apart from this, in the list of highest earning trains for Indian Railways is Sealdah Rajdhani Express running between New Delhi and Kolkata, which has earned Rs 1,28,81,69,274 in the financial year 2022-23. During this period, 509,164 passengers traveled by train.
- Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express is at third place in the list, which benefited the Railways by earning Rs 1,26,29,09,697 in the financial year 2022-23. During this period, the number of passengers traveling through it was 474,605.
- Mumbai Tejas Rajdhani Express was at fourth place in the list, which earned Rs 122 crore in the financial year 2022-23. During this period, 4,85,794 passengers traveled by this train running between New Delhi and Mumbai Central.
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