Trains on time
Trains delayed for less than 5 minutes Trains delayed for 5 minutes and over
No. of scheduled passegner trains
6,024
2,784
800
Total No. of passenger trains run
9,608
Percentage
62.70
28.97
8.33
100.00
26. The number and types of special trains run for the year under
review were as follows:
Up
Down
Total
Goods (loaded)
843
843
Goods (empty)
788
788
Passenger
412
405
817
Passenger (empty)
6
8
14
Military
7
7
14
Ballast trains
114
114
228
Trial trains
9
9
18
1,336
1,386
2,722
27. Fares and Rates. There was no general revision of fares during the year. The half fares for civil servants for monthly and season tickets were cancelled from 1st July, 1962. The minimum charge for wagon loads of pigs was waived from 1st February, 1963 to encourage this traffic.
28. Accidents. The following railway accidents occurred during the year under review:
Trespassers injured by trains
Trespassers killed by trains
Passengers injured by trains
Passenger killed by train
Staff injured while in execution of duties De-railment of engine
De-railment of a passenger coach
ACCOUNTS
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4
7
12
*
1
4
1
1
29. At $5,683,371, revenue from Passenger Traffic showed an increase of 2.4% over the previous year, while that from Goods Traffic, at $3,998,091, increased by 14.2%. However, Gross Operating Profit dropped by 8.9% of Operating Revenue, due mainly to the cost of damage caused by typhoon 'Wanda' ($469,069) and the additional provision of depreciation entailed by the newly acquired rolling stock ($168,881).
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