Central Railway
Press Release
A)Massive Increase in General Second Class and Sleeper Class passengers on Indian Railways Network
Data for April to October-2023 is as under:-
·Total Number of Passengers carried in Non AC coaches (General and Sleeper Class) : 95.3 % of total no. of passengers carried
·Total no. of passengers carried in AC coaches : 4.7 % of total no. of passengers carried
·No. of passengers travelled in Non AC coaches (General & Sleeper Class) : 372 Cr
○ 38 Cr extra passengers travelled in Non AC (General & Sleeper Class) coaches compared to Last Year.
oLast year total no. of passengers travelled: 334 Cr
·No. of passengers travelled in AC coaches: 18.2 Cr
o3.1 Cr extra passengers travelled in AC coaches compared to Last Year.
·Total no. of passengers increase : 41.1 Cr; in that 92.5% increase of Non AC passengers (General & Sleeper Class)
·Compared to Pre-Covid days : 562 extra trains are being run daily basis on Indian Railways network
| Trains Running per day on Indian Railways |
| Trains | Pre Covid | Present |
| Mail/Express | 1768 | 2122 |
| Suburban | 5626 | 5774 |
| Passenger | 2792 | 2852 |
| Total | 10186 | 10748 |
B)Massive Increase in General Second Class and Sleeper Class passengers on Central Railway Network
Data for April to October-2023 is as under:-
·Total no. of passengers carried in Non AC coaches (General Second Class and Sleeper Class): 98.11 % of total no. of passengers carried
·Total no. of passengers carried in AC coaches: 1.88 % of total no. of passengers carried
·No. of passengers travelled in Non AC coaches (General & Sleeper Class) : 891.04 million ○ 94.4 million extra passengers travelled in Non AC (General & Sleeper Class) coaches compared to Last Year. ○ Last year total no. of passengers travelled: 796.64 million (General & Sleeper)
·No. of passengers travelled in AC coaches: 17.15 million ○ 3.41 million extra passengers travelled in AC coaches compared to Last Year.
·Total no. of passengers increase: 97.8 million: in that 96.52% increase of Non AC passengers (General & Sleeper Class).
·In Central Railway Festival Specials trains run from 1.10.2023. to 31.12.2023
2022-23- 270 Special Trains
2023-24- 525 Special Trains
·Other than above festival special trains, other special trains from April to October
2022-23- 305 Services
2023-24- 873 Services
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Date: November 16, 2023
PR No.2023/11/38
This Press Release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, HQ, Mumbai
