South Western Railway records high earnings in freight operations

SWR has registered an outstanding performance in both freight operations and earnings during December 2025, marking several historic milestones and reflecting sustained growth across key sectors.

During December 2025, SWR loaded 5.073 million tonnes (MT) of originating freight, as against 4.04 MT in December 2024, registering a robust increase of 1.03 MT (25.4%). This is the best-ever freight loading in a single month in the history of SWR, surpassing the earlier record of 5.04 MT achieved in March 2024. Commodity-wise, iron ore loading rose sharply to 2.1 MT, up by 0.58 MT (38.6%), while coal loading increased to 1.1 MT, registering a growth of 0.18 MT (19.5%). Steel loading showed strong performance at 0.91 MT, higher by 0.12 MT (15.6%) over the previous year. Notable growth was recorded in RMSP, which nearly doubled to 0.15 MT, reflecting an increase of 0.07 MT (97.4%). Mineral oil loading reached 0.22 MT, growing by 0.03 MT (14 %), marking the highest-ever monthly mineral oil loading since the inception of SWR. Positive growth was also seen in fertilizers at 0.1 MT (+15.4%), containers at 0.1 MT (+3.5%).

Cumulatively, during April to December (2025–26), SWR loaded 38.36 MT of originating freight, achieving a growth of 6 MT (18.5%) over the corresponding period of the previous year. This represents the highest-ever freight loading for the April–December period in SWR’s history, surpassing the earlier best of 36.1 MT achieved in 2023–24. Major contributors to this growth include Iron Ore with 15.40 MT (14.1%), Steel with 8 MT (40%), marking the best-ever cumulative steel loading, and Coal with 7.44 MT (15.2%). Exceptional performance was also recorded in RMSP, which rose to 1.9 MT (+110.5%), and Fertilizers, which reached 1 MT (+18.3%), both achieving their highest-ever April–December loading. Container traffic also showed healthy growth, increasing to 0.72 MT (+23.7%).

In terms of earnings, SWR recorded a gross revenue of ₹839.70 crore in December 2025, reflecting a 14.36% growth over the corresponding month of the previous year. Freight revenue rose sharply to ₹503.84 crore, registering a 12.43% increase, driven by robust freight loading performance. Passenger revenue reached ₹296.18 crore, reflecting a strong 21.40% growth, with 14.56 million passengers carried during the period. Sundry revenue recorded healthy growth, increasing to ₹10.31 crore, a rise of 17.16%.

For the period April to December 2025, SWR achieved a gross revenue of ₹6,922.94 crore, registering a 15.21% growth over the corresponding period of the previous year. Passenger revenue increased to ₹2,543.44 crore (8.20%), while freight revenue recorded a strong growth of 21.60%, reaching ₹3,969.81 crore. Sundry revenue showed positive growth, rising to ₹158 crore, an increase of 14.82%.