Summary
They opened five new places where trains can load and unload cargo 🏭.
Fourteen new passenger trains started helping people travel far 🚆.
More people rode the trains, especially during a big holiday 🎉.
Key Points
5 points1
Freight loading grew 5.4% compared to last year.
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A total of 137.9 million tonnes of goods were carried.
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Five new cargo terminals were opened in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.
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Fourteen new Amrit Bharat passenger services were added, making 86 total.
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Passenger travel rose to about 672.7 million people.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsfreight
goods that are moved by trucks, ships, or trains
commodity
a useful thing that people buy and sell, like iron or oil
terminal
a place where trains stop to load or unload things
connectivity
how easy it is to travel from one place to another
logistics
the planning of moving goods from one place to another
regularised
made something happen regularly, like a train service
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