Western Railway suffers Rs 1,595 crore loss due to Covid-19

MUMBAI: The total loss of earnings over Western Railway on account of coronavirus, has been approximately Rs 1,595 crore, which includes Rs 232 crore for suburban section and Rs 1,363 crore for non -suburban, said a WR official on Sunday.
“Inspite of this, resulting to cancellation of tickets till now, WR has ensured to return refund amount of Rs 384 crore. It's worth mentioning that in this refund amount, Mumbai division alone, has ensured refund of more than Rs 183 crore. Till now, 59 lakh passengers have cancelled their tickets over entire Western Railway and have received their refund amount accordingly,” the official stated.
Meanwhile, from March 23 to July 4, commodities weighing more than 70,000 tonnes have been transported by WR through its 379 parcel special trains, which mainly included agricultural produce, medicines, fish, milk etc. The earnings generated through this transportation, has been Rs 22 crore, the official said.
During this period, 53 milk special trains were run by WR, with a load of approx. 40,000 tonnes and generating revenue of Rs 7 crore. Similarly, 318 Covid-19 special parcel trains with a load of more than 27,000 tonnes were also run to transport various essential commodities, for which the revenue earned was Rs 14 crore.