HYDERABAD: South Central Railway (SCR) has recorded an encouraging performance in the current financial year, posting record numbers in both passenger and freight segments.
Between April and December 2025, the zone registered a gross originating revenue of Rs 15,579 crore, up 4% from the corresponding period last year, SCR General Manager Sanjay Kumar Srivastava said on Monday.
“It is a proud moment that, for the first time in SCR’s history, freight loading has crossed 100 million tonnes in just 257 days of the current fiscal. The zone is well on course to achieve its highest-ever freight loading in a financial year,” he said.
Addressing staff after unfurling the national flag on the 77th Republic Day, Srivastava said 33 goods sheds were identified for infrastructure upgrades, of which works at 15 were completed during the year. To improve transparency and ease of business, the Parcel Management System was introduced at four new locations, taking the total to 42 across the zone.
In the passenger segment, SCR carried 216 million passengers between April and December 2025, generating Rs 4,611 crore in revenue, an increase of 8% over the same period last year.
On safety, SCR completed track renewal of 643 km during the period. As part of road safety works, 24 manned level crossings were eliminated, 39 road under bridges and 19 road over bridges were constructed, while bridge rehabilitation was completed at 105 locations against a target of 89.
To enhance capacity on high-density routes, Automatic Block Signalling was commissioned over 435 route km, the highest progress achieved by any zonal railway so far. In addition, 14 electronic interlocking systems, three block proving axle counters and nine intermediate block signalling systems were commissioned.
SCR also expanded the communication infrastructure by laying 84 route km of quad cable and 108 route km of optical fibre cable. In renewable energy, 9.781 MWp of solar panels were commissioned this fiscal, taking the zone’s total solar capacity to 23.2 MWp.