WR reports robust performance in FY 2025–26; here are the key milestones

Western Railway WR reported robust growth across freight loading infrastructure development safety passenger services and revenue generation in the financial year 2025ndash26The zone entered the 100 million tonnes club for the fourth consecutive year recording freight loading of around 106 million tonnes It remained the leading contributor in container fertiliser and mineral oil loading on Indian RailwaysContainer loading stood at 3533 million tonnes 38 per cent share fertiliser at 1949 million tonnes 29 per cent and mineral oil at 1171 million tonnes 23 per centThree new Gati Shakti Cargo terminals were commissioned in Mumbai Central Vadodara and Ahmedabad divisionsInfrastructure and safetyWestern Railway completed 252 km of new lines gauge conversion and doubling works and achieved 206 route kilometres of electrification resulting in 100 per cent electrification of its broad gauge networkIn a safety milestone the zone installed KAVACH version 40 on 660 route kilometres It also constructed 162 road overbridgesroad under bridges mdash the highest on Indian Railways mdash and 20 foot over bridges while eliminating 100 manned level crossing gatesThe zone recorded around 96 per cent punctuality in MailExpress trains and removed 19 permanent speed restrictionsIndiarsquos first 9000 HP electric locomotive was rolled out from the Dahod workshop WR also commissioned Indiarsquos first 2x25 kV traction substation under Mission Raftaar on the KhachrodndashNagda sectionPassenger servicesSeventeen new trains were introduced including MailExpress passenger and DEMUMEMU services In the revised timetable from January 1 2026 116 trains were speeded up by 3 to 105 minutes Over 11000 trips of holiday special trains were operatedIn suburban services total services increased from 1406 to 1414 while 15car services rose to 227 As many as 27 suburban rakes had luggage compartments converted into senior citizen compartmentsAC services increased to 133 while the emergency talkback system was installed in 411 ladiesrsquo coaches A total of 42 escalators and lifts were commissionedRevenue performanceWestern Railway recorded passenger revenue of around Rs 8490 crore and freight revenue of Rs 14257 crore Ticketchecking revenue touched Rs 209 croreThe zone ranked second in nonfare revenue earning Rs 13326 crore including over Rs 2 crore from film shootingCatering revenue reached Rs 200 crore while lsquoEat Rightrsquo certification was awarded to 80 stations and 19 campusesWestern Railway generated around Rs 654 crore from scrap sale surpassing the Railway Board target by 40 per cent and recording the highest among all zonesDigital initiatives and staff welfareWestern Railway developed SUGAM RAIL a digital application for asset logging maintenance monitoring and tracking of lifts and escalatorsDigital lounges and coworking spaces were opened at Mumbai Central Vadodara and Ahmedabad stations A QRbased refund portal SARAL was launched in Mumbai Central divisionUnder the Staff Benefit Fund Rs 796 crore was disbursed towards welfare schemes including women empowerment and scholarshipsWestern Railway also recorded its highest capital expenditure utilisation at Rs 22282 crore a 1706 per cent increase yearonyear and crossed Rs 1350 crore in sundry earnings