The Kolkata-headquartered SER is the second railway zone in the country after West Central to fully electrify its route.
During the period under review, 40,46,864 passengers in the four divisions of SE Railway purchased tickets using the UTS app compared to 13,09,629 passengers in the corresponding period a year ago, the official said.
Loading of Iron Ore was to the tune of 21.33 million tones, which witnessed a growth of 17.39 percent compared to the same period of last year, according to a SER press release here today.
The Union Minister inaugurated several projects for the Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway and the Metro Railway here.
On Monday, the company has bagged an order of Rs 246.50 crore from GMR Infrastructure and contract worth of Rs 113.34 crore from South Eastern Railway.
South Eastern Railway has posted over 14% growth in earnings from passenger traffic between April and November this fiscal despite suspension of train movement during night hours at places under its jurisdiction.